你媽死了

Chinese

		your mom; fuck you	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (你媽死了)		你媽	死	了
simp. (你妈死了)		你妈	死	了
alternative forms		NMSL
Literally: “Your mother has died.”

Etymology

First popularized by the streamer Sun Xiaochuan. This term became known outside China since the Internet flaming between Chinese and Thai netizens in 2020.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ mā sǐ le

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄚ ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ mā sǐ le
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄚ ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ ma sǐh le̊
    • Wade–Giles: ni³ ma¹ ssŭ³ lê⁵
    • Yale: nǐ mā sž le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii mha syy .le
    • Palladius: ни ма сы лэ (ni ma sy lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴ lə⁴/

Interjection

你媽死了

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, vulgar) an expression showing hostility and aggression: fuck you

Descendants

• ⇒ English: NMSLese