Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 骂

to scold
to abuse
to curse
CL:通 (tòng),頓／顿 (dùn)

variant of 罵／骂 (mà)

to curse
to berate angrily

to damn
to curse
to revile

to hurl abuse
to trade insults
slanging match

to scold

to curse (at sb); to call sb names

to scold; to abuse

to revile
to abuse verbally

to receive a scolding

see 謾罵／谩骂 (mànmà)

to deride; to mock
(jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz

to verbally abuse

to hurl insults at each other

to hurl abuse
to deride
to call sb names

to rain curses (on sb)
to let sb have it
to bawl sb out

to curse under one's breath
to grumble inaudibly

to bawl out
to reprimand severely

scurrilous
to scold indiscriminately

to insult
to revile
abuse
vituperation

(literary) to scold
to abuse

to abuse
to mock

infamy
blackened name

to beat and scold

to whip and revile

to swear or curse (at people)
to scold or yell at someone

tongue-lashing
to chew out
CL:頓／顿 (dùn)

to spit on and curse
to revile

to curse fiercely

curse word
four-letter word
esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他媽的／他妈的 (tāmāde)

scolding
tongue-lashing
(fig.) angry criticism
opprobrium
CL:片 (piàn)

to scold

to shout abuses in the street

to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom)

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

zhǐsāngmàhuái

lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
fig. to scold sb indirectly
to make oblique accusations (idiom)

to abuse roundly

lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
fig. all kinds of emotions
to mock and scold
(of writing) freely roving
following the author's fancy

màdàochòutóu

to chew sb out (Tw)

lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)
fig. to make indirect criticisms

to scold without end (idiom); incessant abuse

dǎqíngmàqiào

to banter flirtatiously (idiom)

to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed

zhǐzhehéshangmàtūzi

指着和尚骂秃子

[指著和尚罵禿子]

lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
fig. to insult indirectly
to criticize obliquely

duìzhehéshangmàzéitū

对着和尚骂贼秃

[對著和尚罵賊禿]

lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom)
fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely

duānqǐwǎnchīròu,fàngxiàkuàizimàniáng

端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘

[端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘]

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)
fig. to complain despite being privileged
to be ungrateful for what one has been given