屌

Mandarin · pinyin diǎo

Meanings

  1. penis
  2. (slang) cool or extraordinary
  3. (Cantonese) to fuck
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3 · diao3

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diu2

Cantonese word readings for 屌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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  1. (Mandarin, colloquial, vulgar) penis; cock (Classifier: 根 m)
  2. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min, Guangxi Mandarin, vulgar) to fuck
  3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Longyan Min, vulgar) to scold; to reprimand
  4. (Cantonese, Hakka, vulgar) to care
  5. (Cantonese, vulgar) Interjection used to express discontent, disappointment, dismay, an unpleasant surprise, etc.: fuck! damn!
  6. (Mandarin, slang) cool; awesome; badass
  7. (Nanjing Mandarin, vulgar) used to indicate negativity

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