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🤬 Everyday Profanity & Swear Words in Chinese
Understand everyday curses and how strong each one is. High-frequency swear words as fillers and for emphasis, with their exact weight.
“Welcome to Beijing, where cab drivers swear like poets. I'll teach you what every curse weighs, so yours land right, and never on the wrong person.” — Joe, your host for this unit
Practise this unit free ➔Key Chinese words and phrases
| Chinese | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 靠kào | damn! (mildly crude) |
| 疼死了téng sǐ le | it hurts like hell |
| 头tóu | head |
| 我去wǒ qù | whoa, no way! (clean) |
| 天哪tiān na | oh my god |
| 我靠wǒ kào | holy shit! (mildly crude) |
| 脏话zānghuà | swear words |
| 卧槽wòcáo | holy shit! (crude) |
| 我的天wǒ de tiān | oh my god |
| 真的zhēnde | really |
| 真的假的zhēn de jiǎ de | for real? |
| 我擦wǒ cā | holy crap (softened 我操) |
| 操cào | to fuck (vulgar) |
| 我操wǒ cào | fuck! (vulgar) |
| 这也太…了zhè yě tài … le | this is way too…! |
| 面前miànqián | in front of |
| 妈的māde | damn it (crude) |
| 又yòu | again |
| 堵车dǔchē | traffic jam |
| 他妈的tāmāde | fucking, damn (crude intensifier) |
| 忘带wàngdài | to forget to bring |
| 烦死了fán sǐ le | so annoying |
| 倒霉dǎoméi | bad luck, unlucky |
| 说脏话shuō zānghuà | to swear |
| 牛逼niúbī | fucking awesome (crude) |
| 太棒了tài bàng le | great! |
| 厉害lìhai | impressive, amazing |
| 牛niú | awesome (slang) |
| 介意jièyì | to mind |
Example sentences
靠，头好疼！
Damn, my head really hurts.
Damn, my head really hurts.
我靠，你也在这儿？
Holy shit you're here too
Holy shit you're here too
卧槽，这也太贵了！
Holy shit, this is way too expensive!
Holy shit, this is way too expensive!
卧槽，真的假的？
Holy shit, for real?
Holy shit, for real?
妈的，又堵车了！
Damn it, traffic jam again.
Damn it, traffic jam again.
你今天说了好多脏话。
You said a lot of swear words today.
You said a lot of swear words today.
你朋友真牛！
Your friend is so awesome.
Your friend is so awesome.
在父母面前别说脏话。
Don't swear in front of your parents.
Don't swear in front of your parents.
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