It’s not terribly difficult to swear in Chinese, but translating swear words between the two languages is a real challenge. Are we allowed to post naughty words on this forum for academic (translational) use and discussion? If so I have a few bilingual glosses for common bad words I’ve collected that are worth sharing.
sounds like it would be a highly sophisticated and specialized academic discussion.
I see swearing on this forum in a non academic setting all the time. I can’t imagine the mods would have a problem with a civilized discussion of cussing.
Do share. In my admittedly less-than-fluent experience, Chinese seems like a terrible language for swearing in. It’s just too genteel. Sure, there are lots of idiomatic phrases that will get you punched in the face (or thrown out of polite company), but many of them use characters with meanings so inherently harmless that it’s hard to take them seriously.
OK. Mod, if you could move this into Temp that would be super. I’ll post a list tonight when I get home.
What sparked this idea was I watched a video in which an old lady repeatedly yells both “bastard” and “wanker” and I was trying to figure out how I’d translate each. 王八蛋 can only be used so many times.
[quote=“Hokwongwei”]OK. Mod, if you could move this into Temp that would be super. I’ll post a list tonight when I get home.
What sparked this idea was I watched a video in which an old lady repeatedly yells both “bastard” and “wanker” and I was trying to figure out how I’d translate each. 王八蛋 can only be used so many times.[/quote]
Throw in some 混蛋 as well. It’s like an egg salad.
混帳 works as well.
Was thinking that was well.
Some online sources says 混帳 is another one of those Mongolian influenced terms. Since all records of the terminology occurred during Ming dynasty, it is very likely.
I remember that night we got to some hotel in the central mountains… and I wanted to express my desire of checking a room. I manged to say fuck you. Yeah, I used the wrong pronoun and the wrong accent… 
I only understood it when the guy grabbed the counter and looked intensely to me, with his eyes popping out his face