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As in English, many Mandarin Chinese slang terms involve the genitalia or other sexual terms. Slang words for the penis refer to it literally, and are not necessarily negative words: jībā (鸡巴; 雞巴/鷄巴, IM abbreviation: J8/G8) = cock (used as early as the Yuan dynasty), also written 𣬠𣬶
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.
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Gai lan (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) is the Cantonese name and jie lan is the Mandarin name for a vegetable that is also known as Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale. kakak: older sibling addressing someone slightly older: 哥哥: 哥哥: Min Nan: koko: older brother, elder brother, big brother: kalau: If: 假如: 假如: Min Nan: ka-lū ...
The Beijing dialect typically uses many words that are considered slang, and therefore occur much less or not at all in Standard Chinese. Speakers not native to Beijing may have trouble understanding many or most of these. Many of such slang words employ the rhotic suffix "-r", which is known as erhua. Examples include:
Chinese slang may refer to: Mandarin Chinese profanity; Cantonese profanity; Diu (Cantonese) Chinese Internet slang This page was last edited on 2 ...