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Gweilo or gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬; Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu, pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ⓘ) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. In the absence of modifiers, it refers to white people and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use.
cào (肏/操) = to fuck (the first shown Chinese character is made up of components meaning "to enter" and "the flesh"; the second is the etymological graph, with the standard meaning being "to do exercise") gàn (Chinese: 幹) = to do = to fuck, originally from Hokkien 姦. gǎo = to do = to fuck (used in a similar fashion as 幹). This verb ...
Diu (Traditional Chinese: 屌 or 𨳒, Jyutping: diu2), literally meaning fuck, is a common but grossly vulgar profanity in Cantonese. In a manner similar to the English word fuck, diu2 expresses dismay, disgrace and disapproval. Examples of expressions include diu2 nei5! (屌你！ or 𨳒你！, fuck you!) and the highly offensive diu2 nei5 ...
Kan (Chinese: 姦; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn), literally meaning fuck, is the most common but grossly vulgar profanity in Hokkien.It's sometimes also written as 幹.It is considered to be the national swear word in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The satirized homophone of the three watches might be created by Chinese writer Wang Xiaofeng , whose online nickname is "Wearing three watches" (戴三个表). An offensive term "foolish bitch" (Chinese: 呆婊; pinyin: dāi biǎo) is also used by anti-Communist Chinese people.
Loanwords have entered written and spoken Chinese from many sources, including ancient peoples whose descendants now speak Chinese. In addition to phonetic differences, varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese and Shanghainese often have distinct words and phrases left from their original languages which they continue to use in daily life and sometimes even in Mandarin.
Chinese Internet slang (Chinese: 中国网络用语; pinyin: zhōngguó wǎngluò yòngyǔ) refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language.
For articles on words and phrases related to a specific area of China, or to a specific spoken variant, please refer to one of the subcategories. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.