他媽的

See also: 他妈的

Chinese

		he; him; other	mother; mama	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
trad. (他媽的)		他	媽	的
simp. (他妈的)		他	妈	的
alternative forms		TMD tmd

Etymology

Etymology unclear. Literally: "his mother's". Possibly an abbreviated form of 肏他媽的屄／肏他妈的屄 (“fuck his mother's vagina”), a profanity phrase which is circumlocutory for 肏你媽的屄／肏你妈的屄 (“fuck your mother's vagina”), with the initial and final profanity characters omitted.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāmāde

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ maa¹ dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāmāde
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tamade̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-ma¹-tê⁵
    • Yale: tā-mā-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tamha.de
    • Palladius: тамадэ (tamadɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ maa¹ dik¹
    • Yale: tā mā dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ maa¹ dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ ma¹ dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Phrase

他媽的

1. (Mandarin, vulgar) fuck; fucking; up yours

   你他媽的。／你他妈的。  ―  Nǐ tāmāde.  ―  Fuck you.

   「咣啷」一聲他把刀叉扔到桌上，罵道：「這飯真他媽難吃。」 [MSC, trad.]
   「咣啷」一声他把刀叉扔到桌上，骂道：「这饭真他妈难吃。」 [MSC, simp.]

   “Guānglāng” yī shēng tā bǎ dāochā rēng dào zhuō shàng, mà dào: “Zhè fàn zhēn tāmā nánchī.” [Pinyin]

   "Bang." He threw the cutlery onto the table, and swore, "This food is fucking shit."

   肏，才給五塊，你他媽的太摳門了吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   肏，才给五块，你他妈的太抠门了吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cào, cái gěi wǔ kuài, nǐ tāmāde tài kōumén le ba. [Pinyin]

   Fuck, only five dollars. You are so fucking stingy.

   我才他媽的不在乎呢。 [MSC, trad.]
   我才他妈的不在乎呢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cái tāmāde bù zàihu ne. [Pinyin]

   I don't fucking care.

   • 他媽的，坐完車不給錢，您說是什麼人頭兒！ [MSC, trad.]
     他妈的，坐完车不给钱，您说是什么人头儿！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 鲁迅《坟·论“他妈的”》

     Tāmāde, zuò wán chē bù gěi qián, nín shuō shì shénme réntóur! [Pinyin]

     Fuck. Not paying after taking a ride. What kind of person is this!

Related terms

• 媽的／妈的 (māde), 他媽／他妈 (tāmā)

Further reading

• 論「他媽的！」／论“他妈的！” on the Chinese Wikisource.Wikisource ^zh