髒話

髒話

See also: 脏话

Chinese

		dirty; filthy	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (髒話)		髒	話
simp. (脏话)		脏	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zānghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zānghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanghuah
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ waa⁶
    • Yale: jōng wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ wa⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ wäː²²/

Noun

髒話

1. profanity; obscene language; foul language; bad words

   你的朋友總是說髒話。 [MSC, trad.]
   你的朋友总是说脏话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de péngyǒu zǒngshì shuō zānghuà. [Pinyin]

   Your friend always uses foul language.

   那個孩子老說髒話。 [MSC, trad.]
   那个孩子老说脏话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nàge háizǐ lǎo shuō zānghuà. [Pinyin]

   That kid always uses bad words.

Synonyms

• 粗話／粗话 (cūhuà)
• 穢語／秽语 (huìyǔ)
• (Min Nan) 粗喙

Dialectal synonyms of 髒話 (“swear words; profanity”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髒話
Mandarin	Beijing	髒話
	Taiwan	髒話
	Malaysia	臭話, 爛話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粗口
	Hong Kong	粗口
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	了少話
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	了少話
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	了少話
	Dongshi (Dabu)	了少話
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	了少話
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𤞚事
	Sabah (Bao'an)	爛話
Min Nan	Xiamen	垃圾話
	Quanzhou	垃圾話
	Zhangzhou	垃圾話
	Taipei	垃圾話
Wu	Shanghai	罵人閒話