草泥馬
See also: 草泥马
Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
restrained; mud; paste; pulp |
horse; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草泥馬) | 草 | 泥 | 馬 | |
| simp. (草泥马) | 草 | 泥 | 马 | |
| Literally: “grass mud horse”. | ||||
Alpacas
Etymology
Near-homophone of the profanity phrase 肏你媽／肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā, “fuck your mother”) in Mandarin.
Individuals in Mainland China used 草泥馬／草泥马 instead of 肏你媽／肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā) in order to avoid being detected by censors.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaonimaa
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cou2 nai4 maa5
- Yale: chóu nàih máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 nai4 maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 nei4 ma5
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ nɐi̯²¹ mɑː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Interjection
草泥馬
- (Mandarin, euphemistic) fuck your mother
Noun
草泥馬
- (Mandarin) grass mud horse
- (slang) alpaca
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.