Hokkien profanity

Profanity
Profanities of Taiwanese Hokkien in Japanese ruled era
Hàn-jī	垃圾話ばなし
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Lap-sap-ōe / Lah-sap-ōe
Tâi-lô	lap-sap-uē / lah-sap-uē

Profanities of Taiwanese Hokkien Japanese ruled era

Hokkien is one of the largest Chinese language groups worldwide. Profanity in Hokkien most commonly involves sexual references and scorn of the object's ancestors, especially their mother. The mentioning of sexual organs is frequently used in Hokkien profanity.

Insults

As in English, a vulgar word for the sexual act fuck is used in insults and expletives. Below are the most commonly used Hokkien vulgar words.

Most frequently used F-word

• kàn (姦かん) - fuck. Expressions:
  • "kàn lín lāu-bú chhàu chi-bai" (姦かん恁老母はは臭しゅう膣ちつ屄); often abbreviated to "kàn lín lāu-bú" or simply "kàn lín niâ" (姦かん恁娘) - the most notoriously popular Hokkien expletive meaning "fuck your mother's smelly vagina (Cunt can also be substituted in this.)".
  • "sio kàn" (相姦そうかん) - to fuck
  • "tio̍h kàn" (著ちょ姦かん)- to get fucked
  • "hiong kàn/hong kàn" (鄉さと姦かん) - expression used in anger, meaning "go get fucked!"
• chi-bai (膣ちつ屄) - vagina; cunt
• chhàu chi-bai (臭におい膣ちつ屄)- smelly vagina
• poah (撥ばち) - to fuck or fucking.
• kàn lín lāu-bú poah chi-bai" "姦かん恁老母はは撥ばち膣ちつ屄 - Fuck your mother's fucking vagina (Cunt can be substituted)
• ni, leng (奶)- breast

Kan

Kan (Chinese: 姦かん; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn), literally meaning fuck, is the most common but grossly vulgar profanity in Hokkien. It's sometimes also written as 幹みき. It is considered to be the national swear word in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Used in a manner similar to the English word fuck, kan can express dismay, disgrace, and disapproval. It is extremely offensive when used to insult someone.

Variety of phrases associated with Kan:

• kàn lín-niâ (Chinese: 姦かん恁娘) = fuck your mother
• kàn lín lāu-bú (Chinese: 姦かん恁老母はは) = fuck your mother
• kàn lín lāu-bú chhàu chi-bai (Chinese: 姦かん恁老母はは臭しゅう膣ちつ屄) = fuck your mother's smelly vagina
• kàn lín chó͘-má (Chinese: 姦かん恁祖媽) = fuck your great grandmother
• kàn lín lāu-su (Chinese: 姦かん恁老師し) = fuck your teacher
• kàn lín-niâ chi-bai (Chinese: 姦かん恁娘膣ちつ屄) = fuck your mother's vagina
• kàn lín-niâ chhàu chi-bai (Chinese: 姦かん恁娘臭しゅう膣ちつ屄) = fuck your mother's smelly vagina
• kàn lín lāu-bú poah chi-bai (Chinese: 姦かん恁老母はは撥ばち膣ちつ屄) = fuck your mother's broken vagina, literally means "fuck your mother broken vagina"
• kàn lín-niâ-bú chhàu chi-bai (Chinese: 姦かん恁娘母はは臭しゅう膣ちつ屄) = fuck your mother's smelly vagina. In Singapore, niâ-bú 娘むすめ母はは (mother) also exists in other variants of pronunciation such as nâ-bú (a vowel change from niâ to nâ when spoken quickly), nâ-beh (Chinese: 娘むすめ尾お).
• kàn lí chin-sóng(Chinese: 姦かん你真爽) = literally means "it's cool to rape/fuck you"
• kàn kah ē khan-si (Chinese: 姦かん甲かぶと會かい牽絲) = literally means "fucking you until it becomes wet". Describing that vagina will become wet and intertwined like a spider web during sexual intercourse
• lín-niâ (Chinese: 恁娘), lín-niâ--leh (Chinese: 恁娘咧) or lín-niâ khah-hó (Chinese: 恁娘較好) = short form for kàn lín-niâ (Chinese: 姦かん恁娘), meaning "fuck your mother".
• sio-kàn (Chinese: 相姦そうかん ) = means having sex, fucking each other, to fuck
• tio̍h kàn (Chinese: 著しる姦かん ) = to get fucked
• hiông-kàn (Chinese: 雄お姦かん ) = expression used in anger, meaning "go get fucked!"
• khí-kàn (Chinese: 起おこり姦かん) = start scolding someone in vulgarity, start swearing
• kàn kha-tshng (Chinese: 姦かん尻しり川かわ) = sodomy, anal or oral sex
• káu-kàn-tūi(Chinese: 狗いぬ姦かん懟 ) = to curse someone being fucked/raped by a dog
• hō͘-káu-kàn-kàn leh (Chinese: 予よ狗いぬ姦かん姦かん咧) = to curse someone to be fucked by a dog

Most frequently used sexual organ

• chi-bai (膣ちつ屄) - vagina; cunt
• chhàu chi-bai (臭におい膣ちつ屄)- smelly vagina
• poah (撥ばち) - to fuck or fucking.
• ni, leng (奶)- breast

C-word (Cock)

• lān-jiáu (𡳞鳥とり) - penis; also used as an expression to indicate incredulity, as in the English "Bullshit!". Expressions:
  • koài-lān (怪かい𡳞) - literally 'weird penis', used to call somebody fucked up or abnormal.
  • kóng lān-chiáu oe (講こう𡳞鳥とり話ばなし) - to talk rubbish
  • khoàⁿ siáⁿ-mih lān-chiáu? (看み啥物𡳞鳥とり) - "What the hell are you looking at?"
• lām-pha (𡳞脬)- scrotum; also used as an expression to indicate incredulity, as in the English "Bollocks!" Nasal assimilation takes place as the onset of the second syllable is a bilabial, turning the underlying form /n/ in the coda of the first syllable to the surface form /m/.
• lān-hu̍t (𡳞核かく) - testes; used in a similar way as the above examples.

Very VULGAR

• kha-chhng (尻しり川がわ) - buttocks or anus
• kha-chhng khang (尻しり川かわ孔あな) - anus; arsehole
• phah chhíu-chhèng (拍手はくしゅ銃じゅう)- literally 'to fire a hand-gun'; slang for male masturbation
• bôa (磨すり)- literally 'to rub' or 'to grind'. Slang for 'having sex', the imagery being two bodies rubbing against each other.
• tēⁿ (捏こね)- literally 'to squeeze' or 'to lie on something'. Slang for 'fuck'. Expression:
  • "lí hō͘ lâng tēⁿ" (汝なんじ予よ人じん捏こね) - you let yourself get (squeezed).
• sè (勢いきおい) - literally 'to whack'. Slang for 'fuck'. Expression:
  • "lí hō͘ lâng sè" (汝なんじ予よ人じん勢ぜい) (you let yourself get fucked).
• siáu (痟) - crazy.
• kā (咬) - literally 'to bite'; slang for fellatio. Expression:
  • "lí khàm goá lān-chiáu" (汝なんじ崁我𡳞鳥とり) (suck my cock), used in anger as in "up yours!"
• khàm (崁)- literally 'to cover'; slang for fellatio. Expression:
  • "khàm lān" (崁𡳞) (stupid cock).
• chhīu-ni/chhiū-leng (樹き奶) - literally 'rubber'; slang for condom
• khàu-pē khàu-bú (哭爸哭母) - literally 'cry father cry mother', refers to annoying and noisy complaining.

List of Hokkien profanities

Hokkien profanities
– Chi-bai –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
chi-bai	膣ちつ屄	cunt
chhàu chi-bai	臭におい膣ちつ屄	smelly cunt
– Kàn –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
kàn	姦かん	to fuck
kàn lín chó͘-má	姦かん恁祖媽	to fuck your grandmother
kàn lín lāu-bú	姦かん恁老母はは	to fuck your mother
kàn lín lāu-bú chhàu chi-bai	姦かん恁老母はは臭しゅう膣ちつ屄	to fuck your mother's smelly cunt
kàn lín lāu-su	姦かん恁老師し	to fuck your teacher
kàn lín niâ	姦かん恁娘	to fuck your mother
kàn lín niâ chhàu chi-bai	姦かん恁娘臭しゅう膣ちつ屄	to fuck your mother's smelly cunt
tio̍h-kàn	著しる姦かん	to be fucked		The prefix 著ちょ (tioh8) implies passive.
– Khàu –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
khàu	哭	to cry
khàu iau	哭枵	to cry for hunger		哭 (khau3) means to cry, and 枵 (iau1) means hunger.
khàu pē	哭爸	to cry for father		哭 (khau3) means to cry, and 爸 (pe7) means father.
– Lān –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
lān	𡳞	male reproductive system
lān-chiáu	𡳞鳥とり	penis	bullshit
lān-hu̍t(-á)	𡳞核かく(-仔こ)	testes	bullshit
lān-pha	𡳞脬	scrotum	bollocks
lān-sîn	𡳞神かみ	the god of penis	lazy man
ōe hó͘ lān	畫が虎とら𡳞	to draw the tiger's penis	boast
– Siâu –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
siâu	潲	semen
chia̍h siâu	食しょく潲	to eat semen	no way
gê-siâu	㤉潲		to loathe, dislike
gia̍t-siâu	孽潲		be naughty
hau-siâu	嘐潲		boast	For example, Mái thiaⁿ i teh hau-siâu! (Don't believe what he says!).
siáⁿ-siâu	啥潲		what the hell	For example, Lí sī teh kóng siáⁿ-siâu haⁿh?! (What the hell are you talking about?!).
soe-siâu	衰おとろえ潲		be unlucky	For example, Kin-á-ji̍t chin soe-siâu! (It's an unlucky day!).
chhap-siâu	插潲		to care about	For example, Mái kā i chhap-siâu lah! (Don't care about it!).
– Others –
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hàn-jī	literal meaning	English translation	Notes
kha-chhng	尻しり川かわ	ass	buttocks or anus
lín chó͘-má	恁祖媽	your grandmother	first personal pronoun	Used by female speakers as a rude modality, see Hokkien pronouns.
lín niâ	恁娘	your mother
lín pē	恁爸	your father	first personal pronoun	Used by male speakers as a rude modality, see Hokkien pronouns.
tio̍h-kâu	著ちょ猴	be monkey-like	to become crazy
cha̍p-chéng	雜種ざっしゅ/十じゅう種しゅ	mixed breed / ten breed	mongrel; fucker
piáu-siⁿ	婊生	prostitute/bitch-born	son of a bitch; bastard
soaⁿ-kâu	山やま猴	mountain monkey	stupid; clueless; fool
chhàu-hǐ	臭におい耳みみ	smelly ear	deaf; rude; brusque
chhàu-hoan	臭におい番ばん	smelly foreigner / barbarian	roughshod; lowly
siáu-siáu	痟痟	insane; mad	crazy; dumb
iáu-siū	夭壽	die young	Damn!