Swearing in Beijing

kencarroll
 May 07, 2007, 07:21 AM posted in General Discussion
Here's a hialrious, but profane, blog post at Danwei, about Beijinger's penchant for swearing. Find out how to tell a complicated story with only 2 words, but remember, you've been warned.
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robertk
 May 07, 2007, 09:50 AM

I personally love ma de ge bi...my Chinese host mom would say it all the time. Its so funny to hear a fat 50 year old lady always say ma de ge bi...and then Id say it and add in my other favorites diao yangr or bi yangr and shed yell my chinese name...dahai, wo zou si ni fuck I miss China

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bazza
 May 07, 2007, 01:32 PM

I don't really agree with swearing and vulgar language, but purely for educational purposes, this site has pretty much everything you probably ever need to know in Chinese. (WARNING: not recommended for under 18s) http://www.xingfu.se/%E7%89%9B%E5%B1%84%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80/

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pretzellogic
 March 10, 2009, 11:10 PM

bazza's link is blocked. At least Ken's Danwei blog post is still up.  Unfortunate that there are no tones indicated on the article.   How are we supposed to curse clearly without tones? We might say something accidently nice like, "I failed".

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heruilin
 March 12, 2009, 01:02 PM

Check out the article in today‘s New York Times about censorship and the "Grass-mud Horse" videos. Very interesting reading ..

 

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