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Mavericker -

Hello. I'm interested in and am doing research on Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien and Hakka
youth, street and college slang.

What are Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien and Hakka slangs for:

tough guy
tough girl
tough woman
female prone to fighting?

Please list as many slang translations as possible. Thank you.



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Mavericker -

Is "titicaca" a Chinese term?










Mavericker -

I was told that "ying han", or "ying han zi" are Cantonese slangs for "tough guy". Is this correct?










Mavericker -

Does anyone here know any other Cantonese slangs for "tough guy" besides 'da jai,' 'Tai Lou' and
'Tai Koh' nad 'lan jie'? Please let me know.

I appreciate everyone's help with my Mandarin slang topic-this thead is a continuaition of
that-asking for language help in other Chinese dialects, for a research project I'm working on.
Can you all please help me out. I'd apprecaite your help.










Mavericker -

The reason I am doing this topic, is because I'm interested in other dialects on Chinese. I'm
writing a comic book, and I'm using these terms to name my characters with.

Can anyone here who speaks Cantonese and other Chinese dialects please help me out?










Mavericker -

I went elsewhere asking for Taiwanese Hokkien transaltions, and I git the following:

person prone to fighting
相扑雞
sio1-phah4-ke1 or sio1-phah4-kue1 (lit. fighting cock)

girl prone to fighting
赤諸某
tshiah4-tsa1-boo2

tomboy
諸夫生
tsa1-poo1-senn1 or tsa1-poo1-sinn1

tough (adj.)
儼硬
giam2-nge7 or giam2-ngi7

Is there a noun I can use with giam2-nge7 or giam2-ngi7 to make these terms nouns?










grimacekid -

"female prone to fighting" well, is that 男人婆 in Cantonese? I am just answering this in a
jokey way, please do not take it seriously,
I think for a while for the other three but really have no idea what they should be in
Cantonese.... mmm.......










Mavericker -

Hello grimacekid, and everyone else. I'd like to add to this topic, What are Cantonese,
Shanghainese, Hokkien and Hakka slangs for:

tomboy?
punk?
delinquent male?
delinquent female?

I'd still like translations for the other expressions I posted also.

Here are some Shanghainese terms I know:

bad girls la se1
bad boy liu3 maang1
elder brother gu1 gu / ah gu1
younger brother di di1 / ah di1
elder sister ja ja1 / ah ja1
younger sister me me1 / ah me1
comrade dong3 zi1

Can any of these terms be used as slang?










delloy -

bad girls la se1 -----------la sai would be more accurate
bad boy liu3 maang1 -------liu 2 mang 1
elder brother gu1 gu / ah gu1 -
younger brother di di1 / ah di1
elder sister ja ja1 / ah ja1
younger sister me me1 / ah me1
comrade dong3 zi1

and in shanghai dialect , tones seem not to work very work .actually no tones I think in Shanghai
dialect










Mavericker -

Reply to delloy:

Hello. Thank you for responding and for your answers.

What are Shanghainese slangs for:

tough guy
tough female
tomboy?

Please list a smany as possible. Thank you.












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