問候
See also: 问候
Chinese edit
to ask | wait | ||
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trad. (問候) | 問 | 候 | |
simp. (问候) | 问 | 候 |
Etymology edit
- “to swear”
- In profanities in most of the Chinese dialects, the relatives of the person being sworn at is usually involved, e.g. 肏你媽/肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā, literally “fuck your mother”) in Mandarin, and 冚家鏟/冚家铲 (ham6 gaa1 caan2, literally “may your whole family drop dead”) in Cantonese.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
問候
- to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
- (colloquial, euphemistic) to say offensive or vulgar words to someone; to swear at someone
Synonyms edit
(to send one's respects):