Niubi!
Subtitle: the real Chinese you were never taught in s chool
By: Eveline Chao ; Illustrations by Chris Murphy.
Publisher: PLUME
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780452295568
Subjects: Chinese language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English; Chinese language -- Spoken Chinese -- Dictionaries -- English; Language and culture -- China; China -- Languages
Genres: Conversation and phrase books
Table of contents: title: On China, slang, language, and how to read this book; title: Cow pussy, yes, cow pussy: A quick romp through the vagaries of the Chinese language, via one delightfully dirty word; title: The Chinese art of everyday abuse : Chinese candor, the cruelly literal nickname, and why it's good to be mean; title: profanity and swearing: from 'turtle egg' to 'idiot's cunt'; title: Men & women: flirting, dating, love, & marriage : she might let you 'eat her tofu,' but you'll probably have to carry her purse; title: Sex and body parts; title: Here's hoping you don't have to resort to a 'chicken' or a 'duck' to avoid sitting at home 'shooting planes'; title: Gay slang: the pleasures of the bitten peach, and the passion of the cut sleeve; title: Behaving badly: words for doing things you'll regret in the morning; title: Internet slang : censorship, friendship, and killing time; title: Top 25 terms you need to know.