“Fuck” Vs “Diu” — English Vs Cantonese Swear Words | Caramelz.my

“Fuck” Vs “Diu” — English Vs Cantonese Swear Words

December 14, 2009 | 11:12 pm Share

Fellow blogger Eric Lee was talking about cursing and its effects such as stress relieve, express emotions or even increasing friendliness. Well I loved his post, totally! It is pretty comprehensive, go and read it if you have the time!

One thing I noticed though is that when we Malaysian swear, we automatically add in Cantonese or sometimes Chinese swear words, because apparently English swear words are just not enough.

Fuck is the most common swear word we use in English, and I think it should be the most vulgar. After all it is the most censored word in all western media. But in Cantonese there are so much other variations, “Diu”, “Hai”, “Gao”, “Chat”, “Lan” to name a few. Combine all of them and you can make endless overkill variations.

So, what the fuck, come and lets explore all the fucking words we can find!

Fuck Head

Fuck Head

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Fuck This!!

The most obscene and widely used swear word in English is none other than Fuck. Nowadays many major dictionaries has an entry on it, most interestingly this entry on idioms that contain the word Fuck.

So you can go “What the fuck?!”, “fuck like bunnies!”, “fuck this up!”, “fuck around!”, “fuck up that guy!”, “fucker!”, “fuck with him!”, or just the plain “fuck you!!” and each of them express different emotions. Well, I’m sure you can figure that out!

Here’s a video guide on how to use the word “Fuck”!

But then, what other English words that has equal power with Fuck?

I can’t think of any yet. The next swear word I think that comes close is probably “Cunt” or “Dick”. Apparently sexual organs can express quite some disrespect, but still, not as powerful as “Fuck”.

Other words you can use to scold people in English include ass(hole), bastard, idiot, stupid, jerk… But they aren’t actually censored on TV, right?

Diu Gao Lei!!

On the other hand, Cantonese swear words are all censored on TV, so I suppose they are much more powerful than the English word Fuck. Apparently any sentence when added with any of the Cantonese swear words, the basics consisting “Diu”, “Hai”, “Lan”, “Chat”, “Gao” will push the intensity of the statement up by at least 5 times.

For those who are unfamiliar with Cantonese, “Diu” means “Fuck”, “Hai” and “Gao” basically means “Cunt” and “Lan” and Chat” means “Dick”. I guess sexual relations still make up the most obscene words around the world.

Personally I think when the Cantonese swear it can be so much more flowery and artistic. In fact the ones that perfected it will make it sound like they are not swearing at all.

Don’t believe me? Watch this Hong Kong uncle, a swearing master in action! 70% of the clip is all his swearing, and wow, he’s the best!

For most of us who knows both language, we will still prefer to scold people in Cantonese because it is much more emotional and agitated, more artistic and expressive.

Of course if you don’t know Cantonese there’s nothing to say, but diuuu, what’s so hard about learning 5 more words to add to your repertoire of swearing vocab?

Swearing Resources

Just to share some of the videos I have gathered over the net that uses swearing or talks about swearing extensively. It’s fun to watch, just make sure your mom is not around!

Cantonese Swearing Lessons (Video is in Cantonese!)

Bill Connolly Talks about “Fuck Off”

Handsome HK Boy Teaches How To Use Swearing Words Wisely

“Fuck You” by Lilly Allen, video THE BIG FAT GAY COLLAB by steviebeebishop

Yoshiki (Japanese group “X”’s member) swearing fuck at his workers

The Classic Hong Kong Bus Uncle!

The Italian Man Who Went To Malta

The Obscene Football Match?? (In Cantonese)

The Classic Taiwan Uncle And Auntie Singing Swearing Song!

Fuck this, any other fucking words you know?

Well there’s this library of how to swear in 100 ways in 20 languages, but well can someone show me some new ways to swear in English? Any other swear words that can replace Fuck, it is getting old and overused, alright!

So DIU!! Who you think wins, FUCK or DIU?!

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Comments811 (32)2009-12-14+15%3A12%3A47Grey+Ang

December 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

wahahaha.. grey grey,, u r a classic.. lol..

personally, i don't really enjoy hearing these words.. lol.. it just kinda irritated me whenever i heard it.. however, it had been soo common among everyone.. ntg can be done about it.. hoho.. and now since you classified these words under the words artistic and flowery.. lol.. i guess it is the language today..

^.^

December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

FUCK wins hands down dude…..I could come out with thousands of artistic sentences too with fuck…However, cantonese swear words show certain degree of aggressiveness that fuck could not emulate at all….why I say fuck wins? using fuck can end up sounding very intellectual while no matter how you twist cantonese swear words, you still sounds a like street punk…haha

Please to know that my post inspire you although the contents are way too vulgar. I got to say, your post is way better than mine. haha

December 14th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

lol, well i guess there was a time when these words are considered obscene and naughty, but i guess today it's just everywhere, it's part of the culture already, so no use running away! xD

i only use swear words when i'm uber stressed or damn angry, but it's fun to explore! xD

December 14th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

haha well what you did is a great resource of how to use the language, i am just exploring the two swearing languages, so fuck that, there's no better or worse blogs :P i think ur blog is better than mine even!!

i still prefer cantonese DIUUU tho, it's exactly the so un-classy-ness that stresses the vulgarity and the obscenity of it. any sentence adding in some cantonese swear words and it instantly becomes a vulgar line, while in english you can try adding "FUCK" anywhere in a sentence but it doesn't always work. xD but true lar, since we msians are so western looking i guess if you use the word FUCK it does sound more intellectual to the average malaysian, lol!

December 14th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

wakaka… u collect a lot of dirty movie clip hahaha nice!

i seldom use those words… but sometimes i will.

I think you miss one word which called "SOHAI"… my friend likes this words very much

We normally use this to some mat salleh whose very ego… please speak "So High" mean that things is so high

December 14th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Nice one! This can be informative.. i guess. haha

December 14th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

u r the best man.
Nvr tot can post a entries with vulgarity^^
Thumbs up for this post.

December 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

oh fuk it!
nice one! =D

December 14th, 2009 at 10:40 pm

Ha ha ha…..I am a mother and I should not swear but again….SOMETIMES! LOL. i do not use the word FUCK….maybe BASKET ,SHIT,ARSE ,DUI and an occasional LEI MA! lmao. I do not like to swear like my grandparents or uncles and aunties

December 15th, 2009 at 6:18 am

hahaha xD well just don't let the kids hear them, lol! yeah i know my lecturers and my old boss who love to scold BASKET, SHIT etc too xD that's the worst they can get lol…

December 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am

haha well fuking thank you too! :D

December 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am

haha well if you can write posts with lesbians and masturbation i guess vulgarity should be fine too xD thanks buddy!

December 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am

Oh my god!!! You went to do extensive research on swear words hahahaha! You're so funny lah! Unfortunately the only swear word I use is Fuck. I don't use other words because I either don't know what they mean or think they are too gross to be used in every day vocab ROFL. I can't imagine scolding someone the name of a private body part – it is funny/eeky! LOL!!!!!

But hats off to you for going to the extent of collecting Youtube videos for us to see, can see great effort in there. I watched all of it, especially the handsome HK boy :P HAHAHAHA!

Good job again!

December 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am

haha well i guess it is kinda informative! xD thanks for reading!!

December 15th, 2009 at 6:21 am

lol so high! xD hahaha so high gone bad lol like that also can xD well most mat sallehs will know that too, i know an african in my college that uses the word "DIU" all the time, i always laugh when he use it xD

December 15th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

haha HK bus uncle that one really classic lor! u stress i stress we all oso stress!! xD and true lar, some people just use swear words in every sentence they speak, i do find that pretty distasteful lor! and hokkien words, i'm not hokkien leh so not familiar with it! xD teach me some time ok? :P

December 15th, 2009 at 8:36 am

Gosh, watching the HK bus uncle youtube wuz highly stressful. I'm anti-violence, but I think I wld hv certainly decked him, and I'm sure the other passengers wld hv clapped and cheered.

perosnally, I really dislike swear words, especially those peeps who use crass words after every 4-5 words in their speech. I deem the the guys who swear to be a bunch of highly insecure peeps hiding behind those words to feel and portray themselves as tough and masculine. Hokkein words tops the list. But lousy karma has befallen me in that a close friend now uses them incessantly. How leh? CB KNN lolz!

December 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am

that's a whole lot of resources. I prefer "fuck".

December 15th, 2009 at 10:24 am

every thinking of writing another post about hokkien swear word??
hahaha..
my hokkien sucks, but my ex-sch mates never stop to amaze (or amuse) me how diversified and "creative" the hokkien ppl be in describing sex organs..haha…
they even composed a song or 2 with it…

December 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

hahaha thanks dhar! well i thought it'll be nice to share about all the swearing words around the world xD and meh, scolding people through body parts is just a norm, and the word FUCK is a verb for an action in sexual intercourse anyway :P

December 15th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

well i prefer "fuck" too compared to "suck"… oops, pun intended. :P

December 15th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

haha really! well i'm not hokkien so i'm not familiar with hokkien swear words leh, have to find a hokkien friend that actually swears a lot to teach me first then only i blog abotu it ok? xD

December 15th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Fuck is the easiest lah!! Admit it Grey :P

December 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

yeah yeah… i know it's easier than suck and lick and blow and…

oops. :P

December 16th, 2009 at 10:22 am

cb, lj, pk, kl, klmcb……
can u understand these acronyms??
wahahahahaha….
i miss my hometown……………

December 16th, 2009 at 3:09 am

Hahaha.. I like the Hong Kong guy video..Plus, he's cute too! =)

December 17th, 2009 at 7:29 am

Chinese swearing words are usually just somehow somewhat… harsher… with all the mom, sister, brother, uncle and whatsoever relative you can name.

FUCK! owns is all :P

December 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

personally i ' fuck ' ppl more .. ocs 'diu' sounds so the tak international…LOL ;p
i super love Allen's Fuck You.. used that as my cool down song in the class.. and those ppl stared at me one kind.. who cares…fuck you.. fuck you very very much…..:))

December 18th, 2009 at 7:12 am

oh yeah, i love the "fuck you" song too! xD i wanted to set it as my ringtone too but sadly i think my boss will kill me, lol. wan go international plak! :P

December 18th, 2009 at 7:13 am

lol true, the chinese can DIU anyone xD the western people the most oso FUCK the mother only xD hahaha~

December 18th, 2009 at 7:15 am

lol, yeah i know them xD true lar haha… i hope ur not missing ur hometown becuse of the swear words :P

December 18th, 2009 at 7:17 am

haha… yeah they guy is cute, what a murr! :3

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