哇塞

哇塞

Chinese

		sound of child's crying	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbr.); Serbian
simp. and trad. (哇塞)		哇	塞
variant forms		哇噻

Etymology

From Min Nan 我使 (góa sái, “I fuck”). This phrase is popular in Taiwan from 1970s, and after the Chinese economic reform, this phrase became popular in Mainland China, too. It is not offensive in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāsāi, wāsài, wāsēi, wāsèi, wàsài, wàsǎi, wàsěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞˋ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟˋ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˋ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˇ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄟˇ

• Min Nan (POJ): óa--sái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wāsāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wāsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wāsēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ seɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wāsèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ seɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wahsay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàsài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa--sái
    • Tâi-lô: uá--sái

Interjection

哇塞

1. wow; dear me

See also

• 我肏 (wǒ cào)
• 我操 (wǒ cào)
• 臥槽／卧槽 (wòcáo)