(biǎo zǐ) - bitch (vulgar insult for a woman) in Mandarin

biǎozǐ

Traditional: 婊子

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Translation

bitch (vulgar insult for a woman)

Word origin

A compound of 婊 (biǎo) and the noun suffix 子 (zi). The first character is itself phono-semantic, built from the woman radical 女 and the phonetic 表 (biǎo), and the pair forms a coarse insult for a woman.

Origin: compound
Root: 婊 (biǎo: 女 woman radical + 表 phonetic) + 子 (zi, noun suffix)

Stroke order

婊

子

Examples

粗cū鲁lǔ词cí。

This is a very rude word.

骂mà。

He should not have called her that insult.

词cí。

It is best not to use this kind of word.

词cí。

You can hear this word in films and TV shows.

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Hurting people with swear words is wrong.

婊子 (biǎo zǐ) means bitch, a vulgar insult for a woman. It is a coarse noun and is best avoided in polite speech.

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This word is part of lesson 22.