Chinese symbol for “damn”
咒骂
zhòu mà
Traditional: 咒罵
to damn; to curse; to revile
The closest CC-CEDICT match for damn is 咒骂 (zhòu mà), defined as: to damn; to curse; to revile.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “damn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咳 | hāi | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh |
| 贼 (賊) | zéi | thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive |
| 杀千刀 (殺千刀) | shā qiān dāo | damn; friggin'; goddamn; fucking |
| 机车 (機車) | jī chē | locomotive; train engine car; (coll.) motorcycle |
| 靠北 | kào běi | (Tw) (slang) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death") |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咒骂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诅咒 (詛咒) | zǔ zhòu | to curse |
| 咒语 (咒語) | zhòu yǔ | incantation; spell |
| 魔咒 | mó zhòu | (magical) spell; curse |
| 符咒 | fú zhòu | charm; amulet (religious object conferring blessing) |
| 紧箍咒 (緊箍咒) | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 (Xī yóu Jì)); a spell or incantation for controlling sb |
| 辱骂 (辱罵) | rǔ mà | to insult; to revile |
| 骂人 (罵人) | mà rén | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone |
| 破口大骂 (破口大罵) | pò kǒu dà mà | (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “damn”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.