髒話

See also: 脏话

Chinese

		dirty; filthy	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (髒話)		髒	話
simp. (脏话)		脏	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zānghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zānghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zanghuà
    • Wade–Giles: tsang¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: dzāng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanghuah
    • Palladius: цзанхуа (czanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ waa⁶
    • Yale: jōng wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ waː²²/

Noun

髒話

1. profanity; obscene language; foul language; bad words

   你的朋友總是說髒話。 [MSC, trad.]
   你的朋友总是说脏话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de péngyǒu zǒngshì shuō zānghuà. [Pinyin]

   Your friend always uses foul language.

   那個孩子老說髒話。 [MSC, trad.]
   那个孩子老说脏话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nàge háizǐ lǎo shuō zānghuà. [Pinyin]

   That kid always uses bad words.

Synonyms

• 穢語／秽语 (huìyǔ)
• (Hokkien) 粗喙

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髒話
Northeastern 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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