王八蛋

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle; cuckold	egg; oval shaped
trad. (王八蛋)		王八	蛋
simp. ^#(王八蛋)		王八	蛋
alternative forms		忘八蛋王八旦

Etymology

Originally 忘八端 (wàng bāduān, “to forget the eight virtues”).

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wángbadàn, wángbādàn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ, ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ baat³ daan^6-2
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶waon-paq-de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wángbadàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wángbådàn
  - Wade–Giles: wang²-pa⁵-tan⁴
  - Yale: wáng-ba-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangbadann
  - Palladius: ванбадань (vanbadanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³ tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wángbādàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wángbadàn
  - Wade–Giles: wang²-pa¹-tan⁴
  - Yale: wáng-bā-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangbadann
  - Palladius: ванбадань (vanbadanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ baat³ daan^6-2
  - Yale: wòhng baat dáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ baat⁸ daan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ bad³ dan^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ paːt̚³ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶waon-paq-de
  - MiniDict: waon^去 pah de
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-paq-de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² paʔ⁵⁵ de²¹/

Noun

王八蛋

(derogatory, vulgar, offensive) son-of-a-bitch; bastard
- 我好好的事情，都壞在你們這些王八蛋手裡了！ [MSC, trad.]
  我好好的事情，都坏在你们这些王八蛋手里了！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1905, 李寶嘉 (Li Baojia), 文明小史 (Wenming Xiaoshi), 第十一回 (Chapter 11)
  Wǒ hǎohǎo de shìqíng, dōu huài zài nǐmen zhèxiē wángbādàn shǒu lǐ le! [Pinyin]
  It was going well, but you sons of bitches ruined it all!

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