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[–] NorthWestWind 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is Mandarin. 屌 (diao3) is the character that means "fucking (adj)" here. It is a swear in most of China, except Taiwan, where it typically means "good (adj)".

In Cantonese, we instead use the character 撚 (pronounced like "lung" with an upward tone)

[–] problematicPanther 10 points 3 months ago

Thank you, I now know how to say fucking in Taiwan and western Taiwan:)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Touhou moment