Hokkien profanity

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Hokkien is one of the largest language groups worldwide. Chinese dialects are languages in their own right, unlike dialects of Indo-European languages, and are not readily mutually intelligible. The main reason why they have not historically been accorded language status is that they have no extensive literary tradition apart from opera librettos. Many dialect words have not been assigned a standardised Chinese character to represent them. Thus, it is almost impossible to find these common expressions in any form of literature despite the popularity of their use in everyday life for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Many regard Hokkien as having the highest frequency of crude expressions in daily conversation, a characteristic which lends it a unique flavour.

Video Hokkien profanity

Most frequently used F-word

• kàn (?) - fuck. Expressions:
  • "kàn lín l?u-bú chhàu chi-bai" (???????); often abbreviated to "kàn lín l?u-bú" or simply "kàn lín niâ" (???) - the most notoriously popular Hokkien expletive meaning "fuck your mother's smelly cunt".
  • "sio kàn" (??) - to fuck
  • "tio?h kàn" (??)- to get fucked
  • "hiong kàn/hong kàn" (??) - expression used in anger, meaning "go get fucked!"
• chi-bai (??) - vagina; cunt
• chhàu chi-bai (???)- smelly vagina
• poah (?) - to fuck or fucking.
• kàn lín l?u-bú poah chi-bai" "??????? - Fuck your mother's fucking cunt
• ni, leng (?)- breast

Maps Hokkien profanity

C-word (Cock)

• l?n-chiáu (??) - penis; also used as an expression to indicate incredulity, as in the English "Bullshit!". Expressions:
  • koài-l?n (??) - literally 'weird penis', used to call somebody fucked up or abnormal.
  • kóng l?n-chiáu oe (????) - to talk rubbish
  • khoà? siá?-mih l?n-chiáu? (?????) - "What the hell are you looking at?"
• l?n-pha (??)- scrotum; also used as an expression to indicate incredulity, as in the English "Bollocks!"
• l?n-hu?t' (??) - testes; used in a similar way as the above examples.

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Not so vulgar

• kha-chhng (??) - buttocks or anus
• kha-chhng khang (???) - anus; arsehole
• phah chhíu-chhèng (???)- literally 'to fire a hand-gun'; slang for male masturbation
• bôa (?)- literally 'to rub' or 'to grind'. Slang for 'having sex', the imagery being two bodies rubbing against each other.
• t?? (?)- literally 'to squeeze' or 'to lie on something'. Slang for 'fuck'. Expression:
  • "lí h?? lâng t??" (????) - you let yourself get (squeezed).
• sè (?) - literally 'to whack'. Slang for 'fuck'. Expression:
  • "lí h?? lâng sè" (????) (you let yourself get fucked).
• siáu (?) - crazy.
• k? (?) - literally 'to bite'; slang for fellatio. Expression:
  • "lí khàm goá l?n-chiáu'" (?????) (suck my cock), used in anger as in "up yours!"
• khàm (?)- literally 'to cover'; slang for fellatio. Expression:
  • "khàm l?n" (??) (stupid cock).
• chh?u-ni/chhi?-leng (??) - literally 'rubber'; slang for condom
• khàu-p? khàu-bú (????) - literally 'cry father cry mother', refers to annoying and noisy complaining.

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List of Hokkien profanities

Source of the article : Wikipedia