哇塞

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (哇塞)		哇	塞
alternative forms		哇噻

Etymology

From Hokkien 我使 (góa sái, literally “I fuck”). This phrase is popular in Taiwan from 1970s, and after the Chinese economic reform, this phrase became popular in Mainland China, too. It is not offensive in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāsāi, wāsài, wāsēi, wāsèi, wàsài, wàsǎi, wàsěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞˋ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟ, ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟˋ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˋ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˇ, ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄟˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa--sái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāsāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasai
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-sai¹
    • Yale: wā-sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasai
    • Palladius: васай (vasaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasài
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-sai⁴
    • Yale: wā-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasay
    • Palladius: васай (vasaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāsēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasei
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-sei¹
    • Yale: wā-sēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasei
    • Palladius: васэй (vasɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ seɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāsèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄙㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wasèi
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-sei⁴
    • Yale: wā-sèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uasey
    • Palladius: васэй (vasɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ seɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàsài
    • Wade–Giles: wa⁴-sai⁴
    • Yale: wà-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wahsay
    • Palladius: васай (vasaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa--sái
    • Tâi-lô: uá--sái

Interjection

哇塞

1. wow; dear me

See also

• 我肏 (wǒ cào)
• 我操 (wǒ cào)
• 臥槽／卧槽 (wòcáo)