This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.(May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hokkien profanity" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
Profanity
Profanities of Taiwanese Hokkien in Japanese ruled era
Hàn-jī
垃圾話
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.
Hokkien is one of the largest Chinese language groups worldwide. Profanity in Hokkien most commonly involves sexual references and scorn of the object's...
Tagalog profanity can refer to a wide range of offensive, blasphemous, and taboo words or expressions in the Tagalog language of the Philippines. Due...
when it comes to using profanities, majority of the younger generation, even among non-Chinese Singaporeans, listed Hokkien as the first out of all languages...
Shah Alam, Kajang, Bangi and Subang Jaya) excluding Klang itself where Hokkien predominates. It is also widely spoken in the town of Sekinchan in the...
more words of Hokkien (Min Nan) and Teochew origin. The vocabulary of Manglish consists of words originating from English, Malay, Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese...
Malaysia, "Negaraku". The word kuku resembles the word for 'penis' in Hokkien. In the weeks following the song's release, it drew criticism from Malaysian...
Southeast Asia, who speak a variety of other forms of Chinese including Hokkien, Teochew, and Hakka. Additionally, Cantonese media and popular culture...
Chinese Internet meme and kuso parody based on a word play of the Mandarin profanity cào nǐ mā (肏你妈), which literally means "fuck your mother". Homophonic...
is sometimes used to denote 'English'.[citation needed] Southeast Asian Hokkien and Teochew speakers also call the British ang mo (紅毛), which literally...
words/structures from foreign languages such as Min Nan commonly referred to as Hokkien, English, and Dutch, as well as local ethnic languages such as Batavian...
the term gook, a racial term used to refer to all Asian people. Huan-a Hokkien word for foreigner, used to refer to non-Chinese Southeast Asian people...
March 2015). An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-speaking World. Routledge...
of the variety of languages spoken in Singapore, which includes Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin and other Chinese languages, as well as Tamil from...
sensitive content. Additionally, scenes depicting nudity, violence, or mild profanity are typically toned down. In China, due to Western product restrictions...
Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew) to be dubbed into Mandarin, with the exception of traditional operas. Cantonese and Hokkien shows from Hong...
Global Information
