Youdao Dictionary Unveils 2025 Word of the Year: "Deepseek" Emerges as China's Most-Searched Term
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BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the world's largest online dictionary by user base, Youdao Dictionary has formally announced "deepseek" as its 2025 Word of the Year. The term led the platform with more than 8,672,940 searches this year, becoming the query millions of users typed into the search bar in a collective response to the technology's fast-growing influence.According to Zhang Yi, Head of Youdao Dictionary, the surge in interest around "deepseek" has been nothing short of extraordinary, showing relatively stable activity early in the year before accelerating sharply after February, with nearly every technological breakthrough catalyzing a new wave of searches."Interest in 'deepseek' has also fueled increased engagement with related technical terminology, and we're seeing clear shifts in how users conduct lookups," noted Zhang Yi. "After searching the term itself, users are exploring broader concepts around large AI models and AI-driven capabilities, further deepening t
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