粗口

Chinese

		coarse; rough; thick coarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (粗口)		粗	口
simp. #(粗口)		粗	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cūkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cūkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cukǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: tsū-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsukoou
    • Palladius: цукоу (cukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cūkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cukǒur
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsū-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsukooul
    • Palladius: цукоур (cukour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou¹ hau²
    • Yale: chōu háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

粗口

1. (chiefly Cantonese) swear words; obscene language; foul language; profanity

   我唔鍾意你講粗口。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔钟意你讲粗口。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ zung¹ ji³ nei⁵ gong² cou¹ hau². [Jyutping]

   I don't like it when you curse.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 髒話 (“swear words; profanity”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髒話
Mandarin	Taiwan	髒話
	Harbin	騷嗑兒
	Malaysia	臭話, 爛話
	Singapore	粗話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粗口, 爛口
	Hong Kong	粗口, 爛口
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	爛口
	Macau	粗口
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粗口, 爛口
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	爛口
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	臭口
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	爛口
	Foshan	粗口, 爛口
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粗口
	Foshan (Shunde)	粗口
	Foshan (Sanshui)	爛口話
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	爛口
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粗口
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	粗口
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	爛口
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	爛口
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粗口
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	爛口
	Taishan	爛口
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爛口
	Enping (Niujiang)	爛口
	Heshan (Yayao)	爛口
	Dongguan	粗口, 爛口
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	粗口
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	粗口
	Singapore (Guangfu)	粗口
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	粗口
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	爛話
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	粗口
	Conghua (Lütian)	臭口, 爛口
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	了少話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	了少話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	了少話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	了少話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	了少話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	垃圾事, 𤞚事
	Sabah (Bao'an)	爛話
Southern Min	Xiamen	垃圾話
	Quanzhou	垃圾話
	Zhangzhou	垃圾話
	Taipei	垃圾話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	垃圾話, 粗話
	Singapore (Teochew)	粗話
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	粗口話
Wu	Shanghai	罵人閒話

Derived terms

• 爆粗口 (bào cūkǒu)