他媽的

Chinese

		he; him	ma; mamma	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
trad. (他媽的)		他	媽	的
simp. (他妈的)		他	妈	的

Etymology

Etymology unclear. Literally: "his mother's". Possibly an abbreviated form of 肏他媽的屄 (fuck his mother's vagina), a profanity phrase which is circumlocutory for 肏你媽的屄 (fuck your mother's vagina), with the initial and final profanity characters omitted.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāmāde

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄇㄚ ㄉㄜ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ maa¹ dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tāmāde
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄇㄚ ㄉㄜ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tamha.de
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠⁵⁵ ma̠⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ maa¹ dik¹
    • Yale: tā mā dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ maa¹ dik⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑː⁵⁵ mɑː⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Phrase

他媽的

1. fuck, fucking, up yours

   你他媽的。 [MSC, trad.]

   你他妈的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ tāmāde. [Pinyin]

   Fuck you.

   他媽的，坐完車不給錢，您說是什麼人頭兒！ [MSC, trad.]

   他妈的，坐完车不给钱，您说是什么人头儿！ [MSC, simp.]

   From: 鲁迅《坟·论“他妈的”》

   Tāmāde, zuò wán chē bù gěi qián, nín shuō shì shénme réntóu'ér! [Pinyin]

   Fuck. Not paying after taking a ride. What kind of person is this!

   「咣啷」一聲他把刀叉扔到桌上，罵道：「這飯真他媽難吃。」 [MSC, trad.]

   “咣啷”一声他把刀叉扔到桌上，骂道：“这饭真他妈难吃。” [MSC, simp.]

   "guānglāng" yī shēng tā bǎ dāochā rēng dào zhuō shàng, mà dào: "zhè fàn zhēn tāmā nánchī." [Pinyin]

   "Bang." He threw the cutlery onto the table, and swore, "This food is fucking shit."

   肏，才給五塊，你他媽的太摳門了吧。 [MSC, trad.]

   肏，才给五块，你他妈的太抠门了吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cào, cái gěi wǔ kuài, nǐ tāmāde tài kōumén le ba. [Pinyin]

   Fuck, only five dollars. You are so fucking stingy.

   我才他媽的不在乎呢。 [MSC, trad.]

   我才他妈的不在乎呢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cái tāmāde bù zàihu ne. [Pinyin]

   I don't fucking care.

Related terms

• (Abbreviations) 媽的／妈的, 他媽／他妈