Taiwanese-Mandarin Slang Words

Same as other languages, Taiwanese-Mandarin also has slangs words which are considered very common in an informal conversation. Here are some Taiwanese-Mandarin slang words you may not have known.
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No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
1	3Q	san Q	thank you
2	3C Product	san C Product	computer, communication, consumer product
3	PK賽	PK sai	duel (a one-on-one)
4	酷	ku	cool
5	很Q	hen Q	very chewy
6	小可愛	xiao ke ai	tank top
7	OK 棒	OK bang	bandage
8	A片	A pian	porn movie
9	很窄	hen zhai	very narrow

Slang words no. 10-14 are words for COMPLIMENT, no. 15-16 are NEUTRAL.

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
10	型男	xing nan	stylish/ metrosexual man
11	美男	mei nan	pretty boy
12	正妹	zheng mei	pretty/ beautiful girl
13	帥哥	shuai ge	handsome guy
14	素女	su nu	beautiful, gentle (female)
15	宅男	zhai nan	a couch potato; male who prefers to stay at home  and seldom goes out
16	宅女	zhai nu	a couch potato (for female)

Slang words no. 17-24 are considered OFFENSIVE for SOME people.

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
17	台胞	tai bao	Taiwanese
18	台妹	tai mei	very conservative, old-fashioned Taiwanese girl
19	老外	lao wai	foreigner
20	外勞	wai lao	immigrant worker (labor)
21	娘娘腔	niang niang qiang	feminine guy
22	土包子	tu bao zi	bumpkin, a hick
23	書呆子	shu dai zi	nerd, geek
24	草莓族	cao mei zu	strawberry-generation, refers to Taiwanese  who born between 1981 and 1991 with  spoiled, lazy, arrogant, selfish characters  (unwillingness to work hard, easily give up,  just like strawberry, soft and get mashed easily)

Slang words no. 25-26 are considered OFFENSIVE for SOME people.

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
25	小心眼	xiao xin yan	stingy, being very calculative about something
26	有种	you zhong	have gut
27	翻白眼	fan bai yan	eye-rolling to irritate people or express anger
28	傷腦筋	shang nao jin	troublesome, nerve-racking

Slang words no. 32-34 are considered IMPOLITE.

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
29	相思病	xiang si bing	miss someone so badly
30	劈腿	pi tui	betray, have an affair
31	吃醋	chi cu	jealous
32	小三	xiao san	being a third party in a relationship
33	狐狸精	hu li jing	female who snatch others' BF/husband
34	上床	shang zhuang	having sex

Slang words no. 35-39 being adapted from other languages.

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
35	麻豆兒	ma dou er	model
36	卡通	ka tong	cartoon
37	羅曼蒂克	luo man di ke	romantic
38	一級棒	yi ji bang	the best (adapted from Japanese, ichiban)
39	拜拜	bai bai	bye-bye or praying

Slang words no. 40-52 are considered IMPOLITE/ OFFENSIVE

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
40	羅哩叭嗦	luo li ba suo	wordy, gabber
41	碎碎念	sui sui nian	wordy, gabber
42	囉嗦	luo suo	wordy, gabber
43	嘮叨	lao dao	wordy, always repeat the  same thing over and over again
44	機車	ji che	annoying, always complaint, not easy  to get along with, demanding
45	欠扁	qian bian	deserve a spanking
46	披在癢	pi zai yang	being naughty deserve a spanking
47	挑嘴	tiao zui	picky, fussy
48	俗拉	su la	coward
49	雞婆	ji po	always want to get involved in  someone else’s business
50	厚臉皮	hou lian pi	shameless
51	吹牛	chui niu	bluffing
52	沒水準	mei shui jun	no standard

Slang words no. 53-59 are considered OFFENSIVE

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
53	王八蛋	wang ba dan	bastard
54	混蛋	hun dan	bastard
55	小混混	xiao hun hun	gangster, bad boy
56	流氓	liu mang	gangster
57	傢伙	jia huo	brat
58	烂人	lan ren	lousy, no responsibility
59	色狼	se lang	pervert, sex-maniac

Slang words no. 60-62 are considered VERY OFFENSIVE

No.	Taiwanese Slang	Read	Meaning
60	遜	xun	lame, crappy, showing no courtesy,  have bad manner
61	賤	jian	cheap (refers to a person), low status
62	靠	kao	f*ck

CONCLUSION: to determine whether a word is offensive or not, it depends on the person you are talking to (can they stand it?) and the relationship between you and that person (close friend, common friend, acquaintance, or older people, and so on.)