NewJeans: CHEMISTRY

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BETWEEN 2 MEMBERS

MINJI - HANNI

bbangsaz 👍

kor: 빵사즈

• Minji and Hanni are the two eldest members of the team, both born in 2004. In Korean, “bbang” is one of the ways to say “zero,” and “sa” is “four.”
  • The chemistry is name is also short for “bread lovers,” as “bbang” means bread and “sa” is short for the Korean word, “sarang,” meaning love. Minji and Hanni both love baked goods.
• Minji and Hanni have been trainees together for the longest period, and appeared in the music video of BTS - “Permission to Dance” together.
  • They often address each other with their full names (Kim Minji / Pham Hanni), a mark of genuine friendship in Korean youth culture.

MINJI - DANIELLE

husseyz 👍

kor: 핫세즈

• Minji and Danielle are known for having “western”/”classic Hollywood” visuals, with clearly defined features and a more mature vibe relative to the other members of the team.
  • Minji in particular has often been compared to Olivia Hussey for her visuals.
  • In Korean, “Hussey” of Olivia Hussey’s name is pronounced like “hot-say.”

jiniz

kor: 지니즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Minji and Danielle’s names. Danielle often goes by Dani.

mojiz

kor: 모지즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Minji’s name and Danielle’s Korean name (Mo Jihye).

MINJI - HAERIN

catnipz 👍

kor: 캣닢즈

• Haerin likes to follow Minji around a lot. As Haerin is famously the “cat” of the team, the fans have named Minji the “catnip” to Haerin’s “cat.”
  • In the stage performances of “Hype Boy,” Minji and Haerin start the choreography as a pair, showing chemistry on stage.
  • Minji was the one who created the viral meme, “Kang Haerin is weird.”

MINJI - HYEIN

leekimz 👍

kor: 이김즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Minji (Kim) and Hyein (Lee) ’s surnames.
  • In Korean, Hyein’s surname is pronounced as “Yi” (이); “YiKim” sounds like “winning” in Korean.
  • Minji and Hyein have both appeared on the cover stage of SHINee - “Love Like Oxygen” for 2022 KBS Song Festival together, where Minji coined the chemistry name.

justwinnerz 👍

kor: 걍이김

• The chemistry name is a play on words from their other existing chemistry name, “leekimz,” which means “winning.”
  • The two are the more competitive members of NewJeans when it comes to playing games - partnering up as a team for NewJeans Code in Busan and NewJeans Arcade, and winning both times.

matmakz 👍

kor: 맏막즈

• Minji is the maji (oldest member) of NewJeans, and Hyein is the maknae (youngest member) of NewJeans.
  • Maji + Maknae = matmakz
  • The two are also the tallest members of the team.

HANNI - DANIELLE

niniz 👍

kor: 니니즈

• Hanni and Danielle both have “ni” in their names (Danielle often goes by her nickname, Dani).
  • They are also called the “aussiez” of the team, and their first language is English.
  • The two have been on the cover of Vogue Australia together, talking about their experience as Australian K-Pop idols in an interview.

um um 👍

kor: um um

• In a Jeans’ Zine episode, “All-Day Gym Class,” Hanni and Danielle paired up as a team and called themselves the “UM UM,” each saying “um” once.
  • According to Hanni and Danielle, “UM UM” means that they each thought really hard about what the team name should be.

HANNI - HAERIN

kittyz 👍

kor: 키티즈

• Hanni and Haerin are both said to have “cat type” faces; Hanni is compared to a cute cat (ex. Hello Kitty) and Haerin is compared to a chic cat.
  • They have been roommates until 2022.

@newjeans_official we tried 👀 #NewJeans #뉴진스 #HAERIN #HANNI #WeAreNewJeans #Year_of_NewJeans ♬ original sound - Filip

HANNI - HYEIN

two tolz

kor: 투톨즈

• Hanni and Hyein were the two members that had full bangs (blunt bangs) for the promotions of “Hurt.” Their hairstyle at the time made them look like “chestnuts” or “bamtol” in Korean.
  • The “tol” also means that one of them is “tall” (Hyein) and the other is small like a chestnut/bamtol (Hanni).
  • The two have the same MBTI type (INFP).

hahyez 👍

kor: 하혜즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Hanni and Hyein’s names.

DANIELLE - HAERIN

satangz

kor: 사탕즈

• In the “Hype Boy” MV (Danielle & Haerin Ver.), there is a scene where Danielle passes the heart-shaped lollipop to Haerin.
  • Lollipop, or candy in Korean is “satang.”

mohaez 👍

kor: 모해즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Danielle’s Korean name (Mo Jihye) and Haerin’s name.
  • In Korean, “mohae” means “What are you doing?”
  • The two paired up as a team for the filming of NewJeans Code in Busan and coined the chemistry name.

DANIELLE - HYEIN

ma-inz

kor: 마인즈

• The chemistry name is a combination of Danielle’s surname (Marsh) and Hyein’s name.

joraengz

kor: 조랭즈

• In the episode 3 of NewZips, Danielle and Hyein tried to make a heart with their arms but it ended up looking like “joraengi-tteok,” or Korean rice cake in the shape of a peanut or cocoon.

@newjeans_official 🐰??? #NewJeans #뉴진스 #HYEIN #DANIELLE #WeAreNewJeans #Year_of_NewJeans ♬ Give It To Me Timbaland - Walley Ponch

HAERIN - HYEIN

maknaez 👍

kor: 막내즈

• Haerin and Hyein are the two youngest members (maknaes) of NewJeans.
  • Haerin is two years older than Hyein.

udang-tangtangz 👍

kor: 우당탕탕즈

• “Udangtangtang” is a Korean onomatopoeia meaning “chaotic or messy movements” or “bumping and crashing into things in a chaotic, disarrayed manner.”
  • Haerin and Hyein are the two most chaotic/clumsy duo in NewJeans. Haerin is “udang” and Hyein is “tangtang.”
  • The chemistry name was coined by Haerin and Hyein themselves in the behind video of NewZips (episode 7).

uhyehae 👍

kor: 우혜해

• The chemistry name is a combination of Haerin and Hyein’s names.
  • “Uhyehae” also sounds like “uhaehae,” which is a Korean onomatopoeia for mischievous laughter.

BETWEEN 3 MEMBERS

unniez

kor: 언니즈
MINJI - HANNI - DANIELLE

• Minji, Hanni, Danielle are the “older” members of NewJeans, in contrast to the “maknaes”/younger members (Haerin and Hyein).

@newjeans_official Unnies vs Maknaes 🐇 #NewJeans #뉴진스 #NewJeans_OMG #NewJeans_Ditto #Year_of_NewJeans ♬ OMG - NewJeans

ggul danjiz

kor: 꿀단지즈
MINJI - HANNI - DANIELLE

• The chemistry name is a combination of the members’ names with wordplay.
  • Hanni sounds like “honey,” which is “ggul” in Korean; “Dan” is short for Danielle, and “Ji” is short for Minji.
  • “Ggul danji” is “a pot of honey” in Korean.

englishz

kor: 영어즈
MINJI - HANNI - DANIELLE

• Minji, Hanni, and Danielle are the three members in NewJeans that are fluent in English, with Hanni and Danielle’s first language being English.

bbangsa nyangz 👍

kor: 빵사냥즈
MINJI - HANNI - HAERIN

• The chemistry name is a combination of two chemistry names, “bbangsaz” (Minji and Hanni) with “nyang” (or “meow” in Korean, meaning “cat”) standing for Haerin.
  • “Bbangsanyangz” roughly translates to “bread hunters” in Korean.

bbushuz 👍

kor: 뿌슈즈
MINJI - HANNI - HYEIN

• Minji, Hanni, and Hyein have coined the chemistry name on an episode of NewJeans Code in Busan, when they went to a market and said that they will “destroy” or “eat everything they can” in the market.
  • “Bbushu” sounds like both the Korean slang for “destroy/wreck” and an acronym of “brown shoes,”which coincidentally all three members were wearing at the time.

@newjeans_official ᑎᒍ ᔕᕼᗩKE •ﻌ• #NewJeans #뉴진스 #Film_By_NewJeans #NewJeans_is_Everywhere ♬ banana shake - moved

malangz 👍

kor: 말랑즈
MINJI - HAERIN - HYEIN

• “Malang” is a Korean word meaning “soft” or “fluffy.” When used to describe someone’s personality, “malang” could also mean soft or tender demeanor.
  • Minji has said that three of them are “not malang,” but since “non-malangz” sounds too mean, they should be called “malangz.”
  • Minji, Haerin, and Hyein have the “chic” and “colder” visuals in the team, while the other two members (Hanni and Danielle) are known to have “warmer” visuals.

@newjeans_official Hype Boy💖🐰#NewJeans_HypeBoy #NewJeans ♬ 오리지널 사운드 - NewJeans

insam-punsam👍

kor: 인삼펀삼
MINJI - HAERIN - HYEIN

• In a Jeans’ Zine episode, “All-Day Gym Class,” Minji, Haerin, and Hyein became a team and called themselves the “insam-punsam.”
  • They have explained the name to mean that “they will grow healthy from eating ginseng (”insam”) and throw healthy punches.”

kanghadaz 👍

kor: 강하다즈
HANNI - DANIELLE - HAERIN

• The chemistry name is a combination of Haerin’s surname (Kang), and Hanni and Danielle’s names.
  • “Kanghada” also means “strong” in Korean, and has been coined in response to Minji and Hyein’s “leekimz,” which means “winning” in Korean.

minime 👍

kor: 미니미
HANNI - DANIELLE - HAERIN

• Hanni, Danielle, and Haerin are the three members of NewJeans minus the “tall” members, Minji and hyein.
  • In Korea, “minime” means “mini-version of myself” or “my character on social media” from the y2k/early 2000s, but has recently been used as slang to call something small and cute.

kingbatz

kor: 킹받즈
HANNI - DANIELLE - HAERIN

• On NewJeans’ episode on Idol Human Theater, the subtitles have called Hanni, Danielle, and haerin the “kingbatz” for repeatedly making fun of Minji together, mimicking her tone when she said “What do you all think is the point choreo from this song?”
  • In Korean, “kingbat” is an abbreviation of the slang “kingbatda,” which means to be annoyed or infuriated, usually by trolling or nonsensical actions from others.

bora bora neoga mwora 👍

kor: 보라보라너가뭐라
HANNI - DANIELLE - HAERIN

• In a Jeans’ Zine episode, “Messy Arcade,” Hanni, Danielle, and Haerin became a team and called themselves the “bora bora neoga mwora,” which roughly translates to “look, look, no matter what you say.”

HHH 👍

kor: ㅎㅎㅎ
HANNI - HAERIN - HYEIN

• In a Jeans’ Zine episode, “A Little Early Spring Outing,” Minji and Danielle were absent due to their individual schedules.
• Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein became a team and called themselves “HHH” (ㅎㅎㅎ) for the three “H” (ㅎ) sounds in their names.
  • ㅎㅎㅎ is also the Korean way to show laughter/smile through text (much like “LOL” in English).

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ichigoz / strawberriez 👍

kor: 이치고(딸기)즈
DANIELLE - HAERIN - HYEIN

• While learning Japanese, “ichigo” or “strawberry” in Japanese is something that the three members started saying a lot.
  • The first word that Hyein ever memorized in Japanese was “ichigo,” while Haerin called Danielle “ichigo” for snacking on strawberries.

dahaehye 👍

kor: 다해혜
DANIELLE - HAERIN - HYEIN

• The chemistry name is a combination of Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein’s names.
• In the dance battle performance of <NewJeans 1st Fan Meeting “Bunnies Camp”>, NewJeans split up into two teams, bbangsaz and dahaehye.

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