CentralNotice Mandarin Chinese profanity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Chinese profanity" redirects here. For profanities in Cantonese Chinese, see Cantonese profanity . The traditional Chinese characters for the word huàidàn (壞蛋/坏蛋), a Mandarin Chinese profanity meaning, literally, "bad egg" This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters . Mandarin Chinese profanity most commonly involves sexual references and scorn of the object's ancestors, especially their mother. Other Mandarin insults accuse people of not being human. Compared to English, scatological and blasphemous references are less often used. In this article, unless otherwise noted, the traditional character will follow the simplified variant if it is d...