問候

“to swear”

In profanities in most of the Chinese dialects, the relatives of the person being sworn at is usually involved, e.g. 肏你媽／肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā, literally “fuck your mother”) in Mandarin, and 冚家鏟／冚家铲 (ham6 gaa1 caan2, literally “may your whole family drop dead”) in Cantonese.

問候

1. to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone

   謝謝你的問候啊。 [MSC, trad.]
   谢谢你的问候啊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xièxiè nǐ de wènhòu a. [Pinyin]

   Thanks for your concern.

   春風送來春天的問候。 [MSC, trad.]
   春风送来春天的问候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chūnfēng sòng lái chūntiān de wènhòu. [Pinyin]

   Spring greets us with its warm breeze.

   還活著，謝謝問候。 [MSC, trad.]
   还活着，谢谢问候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hái huó zhe, xièxie wènhòu. [Pinyin]

   Still living, thanks for asking.

2. (colloquial, euphemistic) to say offensive or vulgar words to someone; to swear at someone

   問候全家／问候全家  ―  wènhòu quánjiā  ―  to swear [at someone] (literally, “to send one's regards to someone's entire family”)

(to send one's respects):