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🤬 Palabrotas y tacos de cada día en chino
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🌐 Por ahora, el contenido del curso (significados, notas y explicaciones) está en inglés, tanto en estas páginas como en la app; la interfaz está en español.
“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, tu anfitrión en esta unidad
Practica esta unidad gratis ➔Palabras y frases clave en chino
| Chino | Significado |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 二环èrhuán | the Second Ring Road (Beijing) |
| 的哥dīgē | cab driver (casual; a male driver) |
| 长辈zhǎngbèi | elders, older relatives |
Frases de ejemplo
Damn, my head really hurts.
Holy shit you're here too
Holy shit, this is way too expensive!
Holy shit, for real?
Damn it, traffic jam again.
You said a lot of swear words today.
Your friend is so awesome.
Don't swear in front of your parents.
Una conversación de esta unidad
Saturday afternoon, a cab on the Second Ring Road. The brake lights stretch all the way to Dongzhimen.
Joe: 妈的，又堵车了！Damn it, stuck in traffic again!
Anya: 乔，你今天说了好多脏话。Joe, you've said a lot of swear words today.
Joe: 这是二环，谁都会说脏话。This is the Second Ring Road. Everyone swears here.
Anya: 好，那我也试试：靠，太堵了！OK, then I'll try too: damn, it's so jammed!
Anya: 那在老板面前我说什么？So what do I say in front of my boss?
Joe: 说“我去”。很干净，谁都可以听。Say 我去. It's clean: anyone can hear it.
Notas culturales
Anya's first cab ride in Beijing. Before they've left the hutong, the driver has asked where she's from, what she earns and what she thinks of the traffic. How should Anya read this?
As normal: Beijing cab drivers are famously chatty, and joining in is half the fun.
Mainland China: Beijing's 的哥 (cab drivers; 的 comes from 的士, "taxi", and a woman driver is a 的姐) are known across the country for talking: history, politics, food, your salary. Questions about money or age are ordinary small talk there, not prying. Answer what you like, deflect what you don't, and you'll pick up more Beijing slang in one ride than in a week of class.
Dilo como un local: 北京的的哥特别能聊。 — Beijing cab drivers really love to chat.
At a Sanlitun bar, Joe's friend reads the cocktail prices and says 我去. Ten minutes later, her colleague drops his phone and says 我靠. How strong are those two words?
Mild: both are stand-ins for a much cruder word, and 我去 is clean enough for almost anyone.
Mainland China: 我靠 and 我去 started as softened versions of the crude 我操 ("fuck"), the way English says "shoot" for "shit". 我去 is now so mild that people who never swear use it. 我靠 keeps a little edge: fine with friends, not in a meeting.
Dilo como un local: 我去，这么贵！ — Whoa, that's expensive!
Sunday lunch at a friend's family home in Beijing. Grandpa sits at the head of the table, and Joe drops a dumpling in his own lap. What should Joe say?
Something clean, like 哎呀 ("oops"): no swearing in front of elders.
Across China, swearing in front of elders (长辈), parents or a friend's family is a real loss of face, for you and for whoever brought you. People who curse all day with friends switch it off at the family table. 哎呀 and 不好意思 cover any accident.
Dilo como un local: 在长辈面前别说脏话。 — Don't swear in front of your elders.
After Anya's conference talk, a young engineer from the audience comes up and says: 你的演讲真牛！ What does he mean?
Your talk was awesome: 牛 ("cow") is everyday slang for impressive.
Mainland China: 牛 ("cow") on its own is casual, clean praise: 真牛, 太牛了. Add 逼 and you get 牛逼, crude and much stronger, often typed 牛B or NB online. Careful with 吹牛, "to blow the cow": that one means bragging.
Dilo como un local: 你的演讲真牛！ — Your talk was awesome!
Stuck on the Second Ring Road, the driver points out of the window: 这儿以前是城墙。 What is he talking about?
The Second Ring Road runs roughly where Beijing's old city wall stood.
Beijing: the Ming-dynasty city wall was almost entirely torn down in the 1950s and 60s, and the Second Ring Road and subway Line 2 were built roughly along its line. That's why so many exits and stations carry old gate names: 东直门, 西直门, 前门. Only a few stretches and gate towers survive.
Dilo como un local: 师傅，走二环吧。 — Driver, let's take the Second Ring Road.
Apréndelo bien
En la app, Joe te guía por esta unidad en lecciones cortas: opción múltiple, emparejar y construir frases con fichas, con audio, además de escenas de escucha, chats que reaccionan a tus respuestas, ejercicios de «Lee el ambiente», tarjetas culturales y un episodio de drama. Las palabras que aprendes vuelven en el repaso justo antes de que las olvides. Es gratis y no necesitas cuenta: tu progreso se queda en tu navegador.
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