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Topic Started: May 5 2009, 01:44 PM (702 Views)
Gwen MacKenzie
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So we all seem to know how to use Mandarin, gorram, rutting, humped, and general words used in the series/movie. Here's a list of some others that might come in handy down the road of the game! If you can think of others, post them and what category the fall under then I'll add them to the list.

Frontier Life:
All-fired - completely
Awful, Dreadful, Mighty, Plumb, Powerful - adjectives for emphasis
Bang-up - great
Bughouse - mental hospital
Git - go away
Ornery - stubborn, not passive
Peck - a large amount
Preacher - anyone religious
Shindig - a party, usually with dancing
Shiny - good or valuable
Size someone up - judge how tough they are or what their intentions might be
Tetchy - sensitive or complaining
Run afoul - to get into trouble with

Spacefaring:
Atmo - atmosphere, as in to 'leave atmo'
The black - space
Clean your housing - to give a through beating (as in a ship's engine housing)
Feds, Federals - members of the Alliance, its military, law enforcement, or functionaries
Go to blackout - shut down power on the ship to avoid detection
On the drift - in space without fuel
Reavers- madmen who live on the edges of civilized space
The Rim - frontier planets
The 'verse - inhabited space
Being buzzed - sensors from another ship are actively sweeping you

Underworld:
Doxy - prostitute
Drops - illegal, addictive, narcotic drugs
Second story job - breaking and entering robbery
Scratch - valuables
The goods - loot
Went south - problems appeared, the plan fell apart
Tonic - amateur or illegal alcoholic drink
Bushwhack - ambush
Footpad - pickpocket thief in town
Hornswaggle - to trick someone
On the dodge - wanted by the police

Technical:
Advocate - lawyer
Cortex - wide-spread information network
Genseed - genetically engineered crop seeds used on freshly terraformed worlds
Skyplex - orbital city or space station
Wave- a communication text audio, video, or holographic
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Adelis Vibeke
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Zhòng Yào - This is a PG-13 list of Mandarin/English words applicable to the verse. There are some less-than-child-friendly terms here, but nothing too vulgar.

Endearments
an absolute genius - zhen de shi taincai
big brother (familiar) - ge ge
big brother (formal) - dà ge
big boss / leader of the group - Lóng tóu lao

big sister - jie jie
boss, or operator of a business - Lao ban
boyfriend - nán péng yau
daddy (familiar) - bà bàn
dear / darling - qin ài de
father (formal) - fùqin
husband - zhàngfu
girlfriend - na péng yau
little albatross - xíao xiantainweng
little brother - xíao dì dì
little friend (familiar) / kid - xiâo péngyou
little sister (familiar) - mèimei
little sister - xiao mèimei
mommy (familiar) - mà mà
mother (formal) - mu qin
sweetheart - bao bei
sweetheart / darling - xin gan
young one - nianqing de

Exclamations
all that's proper - suoyou de dou shidang
all the planets of space flushed into my butt!
- Taikong suoyou de xingqiu saijin wo de
pigu!
damn! - Aiya!
extraordinarily impatient Buddha - Zhen
mei naixing de Fozu.
hey! - Wei!
holy mother of god and all her wacky
nephews! - Wo de ma he ta de fengkuang de
waisheng dou.
holy testicle Tuesday - Shensheng de
gaowan.
kick me in the bottom! [as in, "I'm an idiot."]
- Tee wuh duh pee-goo.*
like hell! [See his ghost!] - Jian ta de gui!
merciful buddha - Renci de Fouzu.
motherless goats of all motherless goats!
[Orphan goats among young goats] -
Gaoyang zhong de guyang.
mother of Jesus [literally, my ma!] - Wo de
ma.
name of all that's sacred [God knows what] -
tain xiode
oh god. (exclamation) - Tianna
oh sky (exclaimation) - Wode tìan

Insults - Intelligence
dummy/fool - dàigua
fool/jerk (familar) - chunrén
idiots. all of you. - Nimen duo shi shagua.
moron - Chuin-zi
stupid - chun
stupid - yúchûn
stupid inbred sack of meat - ben tiansheng
de yidui rou
you are a fool. - Ni shi sai gooa.
you are an idiot. - Ni shi bai chi.
[you] idiot! - Bèn dàn!

Insults - Sexual
impotent - Yangwei
penis - Jiba.
penis (literary) - kuà xià wù
whore, male (lit. colored wolf) - Yanse lang.
bitch - pofù
bitch - Si san ba.
bitch - saoba
bitch (a flirtatious woman) - Hu li jing
smelly slave wench - Cho yade.
whore - Ji nu.
dog-humping - guo cao de
filthy fornicators of livestock - He chusheng
zajiao de zanghuo.

Insults - Scatalogical
butt / bottom - pigu
cow dung - niushi
crap! / damn! - Zaogao!
crap / dog crap - goushi
dear god in heaven - Wo detain, a.
engage in a feces-hurling contest with a
monkey - gen houzi bi diushi
explosive diarrhea of an elephant! - Daxiang
baozhashi de laduzi!
[to] fart (lit. to let your ass go) - Fang pi
garbage - lese
garbage / nonsense - fèhuà
hell [ghost, demon] - Gui.
panda urine - xiongmao niao

General Insults
animal - dòngwù
bastard - liúmáng
cheap floozy - jianhuo
coward - nuòfu
cow-sucking - xi niu
dead man doggie - Si lang kow.
foreign devil - Yang gui zi
horrible old tyrant - kewu de lao baojun.
I wish you a slow death, but a quick ride to
hell! - Wo xi wang ni man man si, dan kuai
dian xia di yu!
junk - feiwu
loser - wanang fèi
lousy bastard - Chou wan ba dan
lunatic - Shingjingbing.
monkey's butt - houzi de pigu
monster - yaoguài
pig head - ju tou
shameless (without honor, strong insult) -
bùyàolian
trash (despicable person) - wúnéug de rén
useless person - fèi rén
violent lunatic - xiongmeng de kuangren
yes man (derogatory) - zôugôu
you are a cheat! - Ni shi pian zi!
you're less than human - a shì shénme
dangxi
you're shameless and less than human -
bùyàolian de dangxa
your heart is black! - Ni xin tai hei le!

Booze
alcohol - jia jang
beer - pí jia
beer, draft - shang pí jia
beer, stout - hai pí jia
bottoms up [literally “dry cup.”] - Gon beh*
can I have one more class of [INSERT
DRINK HERE]? - Qing zailai yibei [INSERT
DRINK HERE]?
gin - qín jia
moonshine - sijiu
rum - lao ma jia
sake - rì ban ma jia
tequila - mò xa ga tè qí la jia
vodka - é de kè jia
whiskey - wai shì jì
wine - pú táo jia
wine, red - hóng pú táo jia
wine, sparkling - hán qì pú táo jia
wine, white - bái pú táo jia

Sex
to have sex - jiao gòu
to have sex - jìn xíng xìng jiao
have sex appeal - sao
make love - zuò ài
sex partner - xìng bàn la
sexual desire - xìng yù
sexual encounter - xìng jia chù
sexually transmitted disease - táo hua yùn
sexy - qíng gan de

Love
do you love me? - Na ài wa ma?
do you really love me? - Na zhan ài wa ma?
I love you. - Wa ài na.
I love mom. - Wa ài ma ma.
I will love you forever. - Wa huì yang yaan
ài na.
love at fist sight - ya jiàn zhang qíng
love someone no matter what - ài wa jí wa
love story - liàn ài xiao shua
spark between two lovers - gan chái liè hua
still have feeling for lost love - au duàn sa
lián

Questions
are we clear? - Dohn luh mah?*
are you ok? - Ni meí shì bà?
are you unhappy? - na han bù gao xìng ma?
can I have one more class of Ng-Ka-Pei? [a
Chinese medicinal herb-wine] - Qing zailai
yibei Ng Gaa Pei?
do you think I'm an idiot? - Ni juede wo hen
ben ma?
do you understand? - Dòng bu dòng?
may I have the pleasure...? - Wo nén qin ni
tiào wu ma...?
understand? - Dong ma?
what? [I'm sorry?] - Shénme?
what's the harm? - Hé fang?
what is this garbage? - Zhe shi shenme lan
dongxi?

Answers
absolutely not - júe duì bú shì
god knows what - tain xiaode
I don't know. - wa bù zha dào
I don't understand. - Wo bù dong.
I don't understand. (I hear you, but I don't
understand your meaning.) - Wa tang bù
dang.
I don't understand. (I can read it, but I don't
understand the words.) - Wa kàn bù dang
I'm fine - Wô hên hâo
I'm not fine - bù hao
I understand completely - Wa wán quán
míng bái.
in that case, never mind. - Na mei guanxi.
it's nothing / it's ok - Méi guänxi
it's no big deal - zhè jiàn shì bù zhòng yào
no way - Cai bu shi
no way! - Juéduì bù
not at all - bìng bù
of course - dang ran
okay / sure - Hao
okay (reluctant) - Hao ba
over my dead body [literally, not unless I
die] - chufei wo sile
very good! - Ding hao!
very good - hen hao
very big - hen da
whichever - Rènhé
yes / right - Shìde

Commands
be careful - Xiâoxin
be quiet / shut up - Bì zuî
be quiet / shut up - Zhùzuî
check at once - Ma shong jien cha.*
come in - Qingjin
don't make any mistakes - Bié cha chai cuò
everybody shut the hell up! - Nimen dou
bizui.
fire at will / terminate with extreme
prejudice [meaning “breaking the Buddhist
vow against killing.”] - Da kai sa jeh.*
forget it - Suànle.
get out / shut up [nonsense] - Huche.
have something ready just in case - bèi ér bù
yòng
hold on a second - Deng yimiao.
let's take a deep breath - Yiqi shen huxi.
mind your own business. - Guan ni ziji de
shi.

Niceties
blessing on you - Zhufu ni
cheering or urging someone on [literally
“add fuel,” equivalent of “go (name)!” in
English] - Jah yoh.*
congratulations - Gang xa gang xa
don't mention it (impolite form of "you're
welcome") - bú kè qì
goodbye - Zài-jiàn
hello - Ni hao
happy new year - Guo nian
have a nice day! - Zhù na ya tian guò de yú
kuài!
Never mind. You didn't do it on purpose. -
Méiguanxì, ni yòu bùshì gùyì de.
oh, I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. -
Duìbùqi, wo búshì gùyì de.
pleased to meet you - Gaoxing jìandào nî
sorry - Duìbùqî
sorry, please forgive my mistake - duì bù qa
qang yúan liàng wa
sorry, I stained your shoes. - Duìbùqi, wo ba
nide xié zi nòngzang le.
thanks - Xièxie
thank you - Xièxie nî
you are so beautiful - Nî hâo mêi
you're looking wonderful, old friend -
Laopengyou, ni kan qilai hen you jing shen.
(Point of interest, this is Morena Barracin's
favorite Chinese line from Firefly.)
you stepped on my toe. - Ni cai le wo dé jiao.

Good Things
brilliant [splendid] - jingcai
cool (racy expression) - diao
handsome / cute - shuài
stylish clothing - jiangjiu de fuzhuang
stunning / amazing - lìngrén jingyì
Bad Things
a centipede dies but never falls down (old
institutions die hard) - bai zú zha chóng sa
ér bù jiang

Bad Things
alas, not good, what a mess, too bad
[literally “spoiled cake.”] - Jao gao*
as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and
hot coals - bang tàn bù xiang róng
be outraged by an injustice - bào bù píng
blindside or conspire against someone
secretly [literally “shoot a cold arrow.”] -
Fahn leong jian*
can't compare with - ba bù shàng
complete disarray or sheer pandemonium
[literally “sky tumbles while earth turns
over.”] - Tian fuhn di fu.*
crazy / nuts - kuangzhe de
I don't like you - wa bù xa haan na
just our luck! - Zhen daomei!
keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks; be
undaunted by repeated setback - bai zhé bù
náo
make the same mistake twice - chóng dào fù
ché
oh, this is a happy development. - O, zhe
zhen shi ge kuaile de jinzhan.
petty [trivial] - Suoxi
screw up / commit a blunder of great
magnitude: Bie woo lohng.*
there can never be too much deception in
war - bang bù yàn zhà
troublemaker - wanshén
weak-ass sauce! [As in, "This booze sucks!"]
- Landan jiang!*
we're in big trouble - Aiya, women wanle.
when a long shot chance doesn't go your way
[literally “do enough nighttime travels and
one will eventually see a ghost"] - Yeh lu jwo
duo luh jwohn whei jian guay.* (Also a
warning of future retribution.)
you are crazy - na fang le
you are in a bad mood - na de xan qíng bù
hao
you don't deserve her, you fink [literally,
you're not good enough, you bastard] - Ni be
guoge, ni hunqiu.

Other
absolute necessity - bì bù ka shao za chéng
agitate someone out of hiding [literally
“beating the grass to startle the snake.”] - Da
chow jing ser*
Alliance - Lián méng
beautiful / pretty - mêilì
big change - da bianhua
blue sun - lan ri
Browncoat - zang sè dà ya
danger - wei
danger electricity - wei dian
dumb as a wooden chicken [paralyzed by
fear] - dairuomu ji
elegant - youmei
fragile - yisui
gay [as in homosexual, not an insult] - Ton
shing lian
life support failure. check oxygen levels at
once. - Jiusheng xitong guzhang. Jiancha
yangqi gongying.
nonsense - feihua
not dumb / not too stupid - bù bèn
pan-fried dumplings (New Year specialty) -
jiao-zi
pimp - Lao mao.
police - jing
Serenity - Píngjìng
small - shao
strange bedfellows / unlikely alliance - Tóng
chuáng yì mèng
too small - tai da
Purple Bellies - Tze Du
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