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Strawberries513 -

I have asked some native speakers and no one has really been able to answer me so maybe you guys
can??

How would you say "nasty" as in, "you see a girl in a teeny tubetop, short skirt and heels at a
wedding" kind of nasty.

and how would you say "rude" as in if someone insults you for no reason.

hehe sorry for the bad examples. If you dont know what I mean let me know.

oh, a native speaker has suggested "不文明“ but my dictionary says this means more like
"barbarious". Comments?



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laowai1980 -

I am no authority, but for 'rude' i heard 无礼 (wúlǐ).
For 'nasty' my dictionaty gives 2 entries: 讨厌(tǎoyàn) and 污秽 (wūhuì).










skylee -

For "nasty", consider "不雅" (indecent), or simply "難看" (bad looking (for that occasion).

For "rude", consider "粗魯", "沒禮貌" and "無禮".










semantic nuance -

To put your vocabularies aside, when we encounter the situation 1 as you describe, we normally say
it colloquially as '好低級', '好下流', '好髒', or '好噁'.

As for situation 2, a polite way to express that is 他好沒禮貌! A colloquial expression can
be '他的嘴巴好賤!' (literally His mouth is so bitchy!) But mind you, 賤 is a rude word as
well. Or, you can say 他好沒品!! (He's so low-class without quality!)

Hope it helps!










iesko -

骚 or 真骚 for nasty.
讨厌, 烦人 or 没礼貌 for rude.










Paolo -

I'm far from being an authority, too, but in situation #2 I guess I would simply use 凶 xiōng.
It literally means "terrible, ferocious", but I always hear it said in similar situations (though
it may sound a bit... girlish ). My ex-girlfriend was always telling me so when I started
complaining about this and that and calling people names, hehehe










rose~ -

How about "俗氣" for the usage of "nasty" you describe?










Luobot -

> "you see a girl in a teeny tubetop, short skirt and heels ..."

Good question, Berries!

And given that she's probably 16 years old, how would you say "Jail Bait" in Mandarin?










babygodzilla -

i just found out saying 讨厌 makes me sound girly. LOL...

so how do guys say "annoying"?

i was thought 丫的 but that seems a little more rude than what i intend haha. what's a mild one?










gougou -



Quote:

that seems a little more rude than what i intend

It seems that in China, you only have the choice between female and rude. I experienced the same
dilemma with 哇塞. Before I actually started saying it, a Chinese friend warned me to never use
it as it as it would make me sound girlish. However, the only equivalents for guys he could come
up with were 我靠 or 我操, which I wouldn't want to make part of my active vocabulary for fear
of them slipping out at a business dinner - or a date...












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