肏你妈
cào nǐ mā
cao ni ma is the English transliteration of the Chinese phrase 肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā), which is a very vulgar insult.
This phrase is a highly offensive, vulgar and derogatory slang expression in Mandarin Chinese used to offend someone by mentioning their mother.
Which one should you use?
The homophonic phrase 草泥马 (cǎo ní mǎ), which translates to "grass mud horse", is often used online as a euphemism to bypass internet censorship while conveying the same insult as 肏你妈.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is cào nǐ mā.
Did you know?
- Because the phonetic sound of the insult is so close to the phrase 'grass mud horse', many internet users began using an image of an alpaca to represent this 'grass mud horse'.
- While the phrase targets the mother, it is part of a broader linguistic pattern in Chinese where insulting a person's ancestors is considered far more damaging than insulting the person themselves.
- In some contexts, the phrase 肏你妈 is used by close friends as a rough form of greeting or camaraderie, though this is extremely risky for non-native speakers.
Examples in context
- 肏你妈！cào nǐ mā!Fuck your mother!
Example conversation
Two people are having a heated argument during a road rage incident.
- 俊杰 Junjie你开车怎么开的？nǐ kāichē zěnme kāi de?How on earth are you driving?
- 雨婷 Yuting肏你妈，闭嘴吧！cào nǐ mā, bì zuǐ ba!Fuck your mother, shut up!
- 俊杰 Junjie你竟然对我骂这个？nǐ jìngrán duì wǒ mà zhège?You actually said that to me?
- 雨婷 Yuting我就骂了，怎么着？wǒ jiù mà le, zěnmezhe?I said it, so what?
