Comments on: Swear Words in Chinese

By: rosewoodandspruce

rosewoodandspruce — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:05:53 +0000

Can anyone give me some mandarin phrases which imply that an individual is an mannerless, uneducated buffoon.

Also, are these phrases correct and widely used.
How would you rate them as an insult?

tu bao zi 土包子 – dirt dumpling
nong min 农民 – peasant
mei pin wei 没品味 – no taste
Ni mei jiao yang 你没教养 – your not educated

Thanks in advance

By: vergas

vergas — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:04:49 +0000

Èr bī

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:49:56 +0000

I am fascinated by how colorful the Chinese are with language, even swear words! Someone once wrote out the Chinese character for “dogfucker” or “woman who fucks dogs.” I think it was three characters – “dog”, “to do/fuck”, “someone who does something.” I also think there was a character for woman in there. But I’m sure it was only three characters. Can you help?

P.S. Sorry in advance for adding more profanity to your swear word entry!

By: Jin

Jin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:22:37 +0000

wonderful article some of the explanations I have not even heard about. besides, 脏话 is better for bad words than 坏话

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