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  2. Mandarin Chinese profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Traditional Chinese characters for the word huài dàn (坏蛋/壞蛋), a Mandarin Chinese profanity meaning, literally, "bad egg" Profanity in Mandarin Chinese most commonly involves sexual references and scorn of the object's ancestors, especially their mother. Other Mandarin insults accuse people of not being human.

  3. Cantonese profanity - Wikipedia

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    The word diu was originally a noun meaning the penis and evolved as a verb. [3] Regarded as a grossly vulgar word in Cantonese, the word has gained a new meaning in Taiwan to refer to "cool". [citation needed] In this context, the Mandarin pronunciation may not be censored on TV broadcasts but the original Cantonese pronunciation is still taboo.

  4. Hokkien profanity - Wikipedia

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    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. Used in a manner similar to the English word fuck, kan can express dismay, disgrace, and disapproval ...

  5. Category:Profanity by language - Wikipedia

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  6. Gweilo - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Homophonic puns in Standard Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Shortening words and phrases is a common and often necessary practice for internet chat and especially SMS text messages in any language. Speakers of Mandarin Chinese have also developed conventional abbreviations for commonly used words. Some of these are based on homophony or near-homophony. [12]

  8. Cantonese slang - Wikipedia

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    Triad language is a type of Cantonese slang. It is censored out of television and films. Kingsley Bolton and Christopher Hutton, the authors of "Bad Boys and Bad Language: Chòu háu and the Sociolinguistics of Swear Words in Cantonese," said that regardless of official discouragement of the use of triad language, "[T]riad language or triad-associated language is an important source of ...

  9. List of loanwords in Chinese - Wikipedia

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    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.