Niubi! The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School

Dirty/lewd/slangy

牛 niú (nyoo)

Literally means “cow” and used to call someone or something “awesome.” Short for niúbī (see chapter 1), which means “fuckin’ awesome.”

NB

Stands for 牛屄 niúbī (nyoo bee), which can negatively mean something like “cocky bastard” or positively refer to a daring, impressive person or thing-someone or something that is “fuckin’ badass” (see chapter 1). Is also frequently written using the character 牛 plus any other Chinese character pronounced bee, such as 逼 bī, “to force,” or 比 bǐ, an indication of comparison. The real character 屄 bī (bee) cannot be typed on most computers and thus is almost never used.

装 B

Stands for 装屄 zhuāngbī (jwahng bee), which means “fucking poser” or “fake motherfucker.” 装 Zhuāng (jwahng) means “pretend” and bī indicates niúbī (see previous entry and chapter 1), meaning “fucking badass.” Thus the term implies that you are pretending to be badass. Some online users write “IB” or “install B” instead because zhuāng can also mean “install.”

SB or 傻 B

Stands for 傻屄 shǎbī (shah bee), which means something like “stupid cunt” or “motherfucker.” Literally “idiot’s pussy.” Also frequently written 傻逼 shǎbī or 傻比 shǎbǐ; that is, substituting a similar-sounding character for 屄.

TMD

Stands for 他妈的 tāmāde (ta ma duh), literally “his mother’s,” implying “fuck his mother’s pussy.” A moderately strong curse word. Sometimes shortened to MD, for 妈的 māde (ma duh), literally “mother’s.”

Some of these abbreviations can be combined, for example, TMDSB stands for 他妈的傻 B tāmāde shǎbī (ta ma duh shah bee), which is equivalent to saying something like “fucking stupid” or “stupid-ass shit” or “goddamn stupid cunt.”

NND or TNND

Stands for 奶奶的 naǐnaǐ de (nigh nigh duh) or 他奶奶的 tā naǐnaǐ de (ta nigh nigh duh). Literally “grandmother’s” or “his grandmother’s” and implies the larger phrase “fuck your grandmother.” However, this fragment alone means something slightly less profane, closer to “shit” or “damn.”

QQXX

Stands for 我圈圈你个叉叉 wǒ quān quān nǐ gè chā chā (wuh chren chren nee guh cha cha), a euphemistic way of saying “fuck you.” 圈 Quān (chren), literally “circle,” refers to a penis here, while 叉 chā (cha), literally “cross,” refers to pussy. Literally, it means “I circle your cross.”

G8 or JB

Means “dick” or “cock.” In the first case, because G and the number eight in Chinese, bā (bah), it sounds like 鸡巴 jība (gee bah), which is a slang term for “dick.” The second is just an abbreviation based on the first letters of the pinyin syllables in jība.

JJ

Stands for 鸡鸡 jījī (gee gee), a kiddie term for “penis,” like “wee-wee.” Can also stand for 姐姐 jiějie (jyih jyih), which means “older sister” and refers to any female who is older than the person addressing her, though generally still a young woman.

SY

Stands for 手淫 shǒuyín (show een), which means “jerk off” (verb).

GC

Stands for 高潮 gāocháo (gaow chow), which means “orgasm,” “climax,” “come.”

JY

Stands for 精液 jīngyè (jing yeh), which means “semen,” “sperm,” or “ejaculate.”

YY

Stands for 意淫 yìyín (ee een) and means something like “to have pervy thoughts” or “think dirty” but can also have a less negative connotation that just indicates thinking or behaving unconventionally or creatively.

YD

Short for 淫荡 yíndàng (een dahng), meaning “lascivious” or “lewd.”