Mandarin Chinese Slang Glossary

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[ mo gu] idiom. anyone and everyone; every Tom, Dick, and Harry (lit.: Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog) [icr] v. be bawled out; be scolded.

[i shi shi] idiom. whoever; whoever you want/like; whatever.

[o ch tur le] idiom. see the light at the end of the tunnel; tough it out (to the end); gut it out. [o zhe ch] v. go crazy; be off one's rocker; be nuts.

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[bbli] bye-bye; good-bye (n.b.: used in online chat, from the similar sound of 'bye-bye' in English).

[bifn] n. heroin; cocaine; any white, powdery drug (lit.: white powder; n.b.: cocaine is rare in China) [bndn] n. dunce; idiot; moron; stupid person [bngd] n. Ice; crystal meth (drug) [bzi] v. shut up

[bzd] adj. not so great; not too hot

[cibne] idiom. no way; not at all [co] int. fuck; no shit (exclamation)

[codn] v. fuck; adj. fucked

[cpgu] idiom. clean up the mess (lit.: wipe ass)

[chdn] bullshit

[chdufu] idiom. grope; take liberties with a woman (lit.: eat tofu). [chlo] n. jerk; twit (Shanghai dialect)

[chubgui] adj. ugly (lit.: ugly monster)

[dm] n. marijuana; grass [dp] idiom. shoot the breeze; have a silly chat (lit.: beat fart; n.b.: Taiwanese expression)

[dwnr] n. big shot; big cheese; top dog (lit.: bit wrist) [dng] v. dump; ditch

[dpn] n. territory; turf [dtng] n. club; disco; dance club

[] blackmail; extort

[rbiw] idiot; simpleton; moron (This expression comes form the ancient Chinese practice of using the square hole in copper coins to string them together. A string of 1000 coins was called a diao, and bndiozi ( or ) represented half a diao, as well as a slang way of saying someone was inadequate. But modest Chinese scholars took to using this slang term about themselves as a form of selfdeprecation, and so one-half again of a diao is a true idiot, a "250".)

[fngp] v. fart; talk nonsense; bullshit

[fngshu] v. sabotage (lit.: release water) [fngxi] v. deeply discount (lit.: release blood) [fi] v. kill; maim

[fiwudinxin] v. loser; good-for-nothing; useless thing

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[gi-gi] n. boy; guy; brother (n.b.: used in online chat; from the Chinese ). [gn bnr] n. minion; lackey; follower [gn bo] n. minion; lackey; follower

[gu] n. bastard; asshole (general term of abuse)

[gu z zhong] n. bastard; son of a bitch; mongrel; mutt (lit.: mixedbreed dog) [gurde] n. motherfucker

[hiluyn] n. heroin. [hoshu] idiom. no problem; sure thing. [huxn] n. roving eye. 1. (He doesn't look like a man with a roving eye).

[huhugngz] n. playboy. 1. . (I am not a playboy). [hungy nodi] adj. stupid; dumb (lit.: brains of a yellow croaker).

[hu] n. goods; stuff (drugs).

[j] n. hooker (lit.: chicken)

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[jis] precisely; exactly (n.b.: used in online chat, from the similarly sounding ).

[kizi] n. gigolo (Taiwan slang)

[kn shnme kn] idiom. what are you looking at? whats there to look at? [ko] int. fuck; no shit (exclamation) [ko] v. call using a beeper; page (from call in English)

[kkyn] n. cocaine [K-fn] n. K; Special K; ketamine (drug) [k] adj. cool

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[l p tio] v. be a pimp; work as a pimp [lolao] int. fuck; shit; bastard; damn it (exclamation) [lot] adj. out of it; old-fashioned; not with it

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[momo y] idiom. a drop in the bucket; a piece of cake (lit.: drizzle) [mopinr] n. porn flick [mimnr] int. No way! Fat chance! [em-em] n. girl; sister (n.b.: used in online chat; from the Chinese ).

[no zhng] n. loser; coward (lit.: a bad seed) [nio] v. piss; pee; n. piss; pee (urine) [nio] v. care about; give a damn; be afraid (+ negative)

[po nur] v. flirt with young women; womanize [psh] idiom. have to do with; be someones business

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[pi-em-pi] idiom. suck up; brown-nose (n.b.: from ).

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[qu] n. balls; testicles [qu] int. what the hell; my ass (interjection expressing disbelief or disregard)

[q n de] v. get lost; stop it; come off it

[r] v. fuck (have sex with a woman)

[slng] n. lecher; sex maniac

[sh mor] n. idiot; fool; ass [sh b] n. jerk; twit; asshole [sh yn] adj. stupefied; dumbfounded (lit.: dazzled)

[sh bu sh] idiom. from time to time; sometimes; now and then [sh sn din] n. flake; flighty person; immature person (Shanghai dialect) [shdizi] n. bookworm; nerd [shui di le] adj. gorgeous; drop-dead gorgeous [shun] v. con; rip off; trick

[shu hu] n. smuggled goods [s] v. use; take; snort; do (drugs)

[sd] v. use; take; snort; do (drugs) [sun le] v. forget it; leave it; let it go

[tijngj] n. cheapskate; miser; stingy person [t] adj. dorky; nerdy

[wngbdn] n. bastard; son of a bitch

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[wrlng] idiom. I love you (n.b.: used in online chat; from the Chinese ).

[xio ji] n. miss (way of referring to prostitutes, as well as its usual meaning of miss) [xio m] n. mistress (lit.: small honey) [xio m] n. mistress (lit: small secretary)

[xio t zi zi] n. son of a bitch (lit.: small baby rabbit) [xio yo jng] n. temptress; vamp (lit.: small evil spirit)

[y] n. bastard (born to an unmarried woman) [y] n. male prostitute (lit.: duck)

[ynhng] adj. jealous; furious

[ynpdxi] idiom. under ones nose (lit.: under ones eyelids) [ynxin] n. snitch; police informant

[yotuwn] n. Ecstacy; E (drug) [yubng] adj. crazy; mentally ill [yuzhng] idiom. have guts; have balls (lit.: have seeds)

[zhmio] v. explode; go postal; fly off the handle [zhngr] n. ten-yuan note; ten years

[zhnydo] v. fleece; rip off (n.b.: Shanghaiese) [zhnbinfng] n. pillow talk; bedroom talk

[zhnyun] idiom. youre amazing, incredible, really something [zuyng] v. talk tough [zu] v. kill; do in; waste

[zunn] v. put somebody on the spot; make something difficult [zus] v. have a death wish