Kan Kan (), literally meaning fuck, is the most common but grossly vulgar profanity in Hokkien. It's sometimes also written as . It is a common swear word in
Taiwan,
Malaysia, and
Singapore. Used in a manner similar to the English word fuck,
kan can express dismay, disgrace, and disapproval. It is extremely offensive when used to insult someone.
kàn lín lāu-bú chhàu chi-bai (), often abbreviated to
kàn lín lāu-bú () or simply "
kàn lín niâ" (), is the most notoriously popular Hokkien expletive meaning "''fuck your mother's smelly vagina (Cunt can also be substituted in this.)''". Variety of phrases associated with
Kan: • kàn lín-niâ () = fuck your mother • kàn lín lāu-bú () = fuck your mother • kàn lín lāu-bú chhàu chi-bai () = fuck your mother's smelly
vagina • kàn lín chó͘-má () = fuck your great grandmother • kàn lín lāu-su () = fuck your teacher • kàn lín-niâ chi-bai () = fuck your mother's
vagina • kàn lín-niâ chhàu chi-bai () = fuck your mother's smelly
vagina • kàn lín lāu-bú poah chi-bai () = fuck your mother's broken vagina, literally means "fuck your mother broken vagina" • kàn lín-niâ-bú chhàu chi-bai () = fuck your mother's smelly
vagina. In
Singapore, niâ-bú 娘母 (mother) also exists in other variants of pronunciation such as nâ-bú (a vowel change from niâ to nâ when spoken quickly), nâ-beh (). • kàn lí chin-sóng() = literally means "it's cool to rape/fuck you" • kàn kah ē khan-si () = literally means "fucking you until it becomes wet". Describing that vagina will become wet and intertwined like a spider web during sexual intercourse • lín-niâ (), lín-niâ--leh () or lín-niâ khah-hó () = short form for kàn lín-niâ (), meaning "fuck your mother". • sio-kàn () = means having sex, fucking each other, to fuck • tio̍h kàn () = to get fucked • hiông-kàn () = expression used in anger, meaning "
go get fucked!" • khí-kàn () = start scolding someone in vulgarity, start swearing • kàn kha-tshng () = sodomy, anal or oral sex • káu-kàn-tūi() = to curse someone being fucked/raped by a dog • hō͘-káu-kàn-kàn leh () = to curse someone to be fucked by a dog
Others •
poah (撥) - to fuck or fucking •
bôa (磨)- literally 'to rub' or 'to grind'. Slang for 'having sex', the imagery being two bodies rubbing against each other. •
tēⁿ (捏)- literally 'to squeeze' or 'to lie on something'. Slang for 'fuck'. • "
lí hō͘ lâng tēⁿ" (汝予人捏) - you let yourself get (squeezed). •
sè (勢) - literally 'to whack'. Slang for 'fuck'. • "
lí hō͘ lâng sè" (汝予人勢) (you let yourself get fucked). •
kā (咬) - literally 'to bite'; slang for
fellatio. Expression: • "
lí khàm goá lān-chiáu" (汝崁我𡳞鳥) (suck my
cock), used in anger as in "
up yours!" •
khàm (崁)- literally 'to cover'; slang for fellatio. Expression: • "
khàm lān" (崁𡳞) (stupid cock). •
phah chhíu-chhèng (拍手銃)- literally 'to fire a hand-gun'; slang for male masturbation •
chhīu-ni/chhiū-leng (樹奶) - literally 'rubber'; slang for condom ==Vulgarities involving sexual organs==