王八蛋

Chinese · Mandarin

3/5 · Vulgar

Romanisation wáng bā dàn

What it means

Strong insult roughly like bastard.

Literally “turtle egg”. Short editorial gloss; not an etymological claim.

Pronunciation Heard as “wang ba dan”

Heard aliases are retrieval hints, not pronunciation instruction. Accent, tone, vowel length and consonant contrasts may be lost.

Used as Directed insult
How it's used

Literal gloss does not convey its idiomatic force.

How strong is it? 3/5 · Vulgar

Literal gloss does not convey its idiomatic force. Ratings are editorial estimates, not universal or survey-calibrated.

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