How To Trash Talk Athletes in Chinese 

Trash talking is practically the Chinese national sport—even though Olympic officials want their citizens to clean up their act. Learn to beat them at their own game, in their own language.

Step 1: Beg to differ

Express your outrage at an umpire’s call by yelling “What bull!”—“Goushi.”

Step 2: Call someone an ass

Call someone an ass with a vehement “Pigu!” The fact that it’s so close to the English word “pig” is a bonus.

Step 3: Call them an 'effing asshole

Who doesn’t love to call the opponent an “effing asshole?” In Chinese, that’s “Tamade hundan!”

Step 4: Send them to hell

Tell their fans to go to hell: “Ni qu si!”

Step 5: Pull a "Yo Momma"

Pull a “yo mamma” on them by saying, “Cao ni da ye.” The literal translation is “Screw your old uncle,” but for reasons known only to the Chinese, that is just as bad as insulting someone’s dear mother.

Step 6: Call them a girl

Insult male athletes by asking “Ni shi nu ren hai shi nan ren?” which means, “Are you a girl or a man?”

Step 7: Call them a "loser"

Hope that by the end of the competition you can taunt them with “Loser!”—“Wunang fei!”