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Bunk Assignments

Captain Timmothy Eli Weiss: Bunk C
Mansi Reynolds, Firstmate: Bunk B
John Runner, Merc: Bunk G
Jimmy Kraken, Pilot: Bunk G
Bianca Reynolds, Medic: Passenger Dorm A
Lester Boothe, Mechanic: Bunk F
Dix, Passenger: Passenger Dorm G
Edvard Melsen/Damon Akechi, Passengers: Passenger Dorm H

Cast List

Captain Timmothy Eli Weiss: Patrick Warburton
Mansi Reynolds, Firstmate: Katee Sackhoff
Lester Boothe, Mechanic: Dennis Haysbert
John Runner, Merc: John Cena
Bianca "Binky" Reynolds, Medic: Caroline Dhavernas
Jim "Jimmy" Kraken, Pilot: Billy Ray Cyrus.


Quang-Thieu Ba Ngoc (Lee Wu), Pilot: Dat Phan [Deceased]

Thematic Prologue

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned

-- from The Second Coming, Yeats

Chinese Cheat Sheet - 中國欺詐板料。

After using my original cheat sheet for almost a year for The Signal, I've decided to upgrade it with more words, more expressions, and more filthy, filthy, insults. I've used as my resources the Chinese guide in Finding Serenity, the Firefly RPG book, Wikipedia, and numerous internet dictionaries, most of which are linked here. For most, I've tried to acquire the pinyin translation. For others, I could only the phonetic, and those are noted with an asterisk. If you have any questions, feel free to post them.

Note: While I original created this guide for use in my RPG The Signal, the game has since closed down. I'm sorry for any confusion this might have caused.


Endearments / Words Expressing Relationship - 關係

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 lǎo dà
big sister - jie jie
boss, or operator of a business - Lǎo bǎn
boyfriend - nán péng yǒu
daddy (familiar) - bà bàn
dear / darling - qin ài de
father (formal) - fùqin
husband - zhàngfu
girlfriend - nǚ péng yǒu
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


Exclaimations - 常規褻瀆

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.
motherfucker! (exclaimation) - Tamade!
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. (exclaimation) - Tianna
oh sky (exclaimation) - Wode tìan
whores in hell! [She's the mother of all whores in hell!] - Ta shi suoyou diyu de biaozi de ma!


Insults - Intelligence Related - 黷智力

dummy/fool - dàiguā
fool/jerk (familar) - chunrén
idiots. all of you. - Nimen duo shi shagua.
moron - Chuin-zi
retard [dumb melon] - shǎguā
stupid - chun
stupid - yúchûn
stupid inbred sack of meat - ben tiansheng de yidui rou
stupid son of a drooling whore and a monkey - liu kuoshui de biaozi he houzi de ben erzi.
you are a fool. - Ni shi sai gooa.
you are an idiot. - Ni shi bai chi.
[you] idiot! - Bèn dàn!


Insults - Male Related - 黷男人

big dick - Da diao.
cock - jībā
cock - xiǎo dìdì (lit. "little younger brother")
eat my dick [literally, eat banana] - Chee jiao.
impotent - Yangwei
penis - Diao.
penis - Jiba.
penis (literary) - kuà xià wù
penis (scientific) - yīnjīng
smelly asshole - Chu shie fook.
suck my dick - Ha wo deh bang.
suck one's dick - Ha bang.
whore, male (lit. colored wolf) - Yanse lang.
you have no dick! - Ni meiyou langun!
your wife is cheating on you (literally, "you have a green hat") - Ni you piaoliang de lu maozi.
--Alternately: to be a cuckold (literally "wear a green hat" supposedly because male brothel workers in the Tang dynasty had to wear green hats) - dàilǜmàozi


Insults - Female Related - 黷雌性

bitch - pofù
bitch - Si san ba.
bitch - sāobī
bitch (a flirtatious woman) - Hu li jing
buy pussy - Mai bee
cunt - bī
dumb cunt (used like motherfucker) - shǎbī
dumb cunt, big - da shǎbī
eat pussy! - Tian ping!
pussy (bad insult to a man) - Ji bai.
rotting cunt - lànbī
slut - sāohuò
smelly slave wench - Cho yade.
stinky cunt - chòubī
vagina (polite) - Ni yin.
vagina (scientific) - yīndào
whore - Ji nu.
you have a face like a rotting cunt. - Ni Ya Lien zhangde gen Lanbi shide.


Insults - Fuck, and Fuck Related - 黷操

animal fucking bastard - chùsheng xai-jiao de xiang huo
dog-humping - guo cao de
filthy fornicators of livestock - He chusheng zajiao de zanghuo.
frog-humping son of a bitch - qingwa cào de liúmáng
fuck! (exclaimation) - Made!
fuck! (exclaimation) - Wǒ kào! (Originally from Taiwanese, this has spread to the mainland).
[I] fuck - Wa tsao.
[to] fuck - Gan tsao
fuck eighteen generations of you ancestors - Tsao ni zuzong shiba dai.
fuck everyone in the universe to death! - Ni tama de tianxia suoyou de ren duo gaisi.
fuck him! / fuck that! - Qù tamade!
fuck me blind! - Tama de!
fuck off - Gunkai
fuck off - qù nǐ nǎinaide
fuck your dad - Gan nin bei.
fuck your family name - Zao ni de xing.
fuck your grandfather's piss stinking arsehole - Wo cao ni yeye de sao pi yanr.
fuck your mother - Zao ni ma.
fuck your teacher (for not teaching you) - Gan ni lao shi.
fuck your uncle - Tzau ni Daye.
screw / fuck (v/t) - cào
screw you - Qu ni de.


Insults - Your Mom and Other Things Family Related - 黷媽媽

dirty bastards sons of bitches - Wangbadan
fuck your mother - cào nǐ niáng
fuck your mother/kill your mother - gàn nǐ lǎo mǔ
motherfucker - Gan ni niang
mother-humping son of a bitch - tama de hundan.
son of a rabbit - Too zaizi
whores of SOBs - wangbadan de biaozi
your mother's a cunt! - Ni male ge bi!
your mother's cunt - nǐmādebī


Insults - Scatological - 黷大便

bullshit - gôu pì
butt / bottom - pigu
cow dung - niushi
cow shit - niufen
crap! / damn! - Zaogao!
crap / dog crap - goushi
dear god in heaven - Wo detain, a.
eat my shit - Chee wo de shi.
eat shit - Chee shi.
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
go to hell, fat ass - Chiu di yu, pu yin.
go eat shit - Chi shi.
hell [ghost, demon] - Gui.
panda urine - xiongmao niao
piss-soaked pikers [urine-soaked habitual gamblers] - niao shi de dugui
poo (or to take a poo) - dà biàn
shit - Sch.
shit on my head! - Aiya huaile!
smelled a fart - wenguo pi


General Insults - 侮辱

animal - dòngwù
baboon's ass-crack - feifei de piyan
bastard - liúmáng
bastard - sishengzi
bastard - wángbādàn
bastard - zázhǒng (lit. "half-breed", sometimes racist)
bastard / asshole / jerk - Hundan
cheap floozy - jianhuo
coward - nuòfu
cow-sucking - xi niu
dead man doggie - Si lang kow.
foreign devil - Yang gui zi
goddamned - tā māde niǎo
hermaphrodite - Yin yang ren
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
kiss my ass - Chin wo de pigu.
loser - wōnang fèi
lousy bastard - Chou wan ba dan
lunatic - Shingjingbing.
may your children be damned (lit. "May your child be born with an imperforate anus") - jiào nǐ shēng háizi méi pìgu yǎn
monkey's butt - houzi de pigu
monster - yaoguài
pig head - ju tou
a real bastard - ge zhen de hundan
remorseless harridan - bu huihen de pofu
shameless (without honor, strong insult) - bùyàoliǎn
stubborn disciplinarian - pianzhi de jiuchayuan
trash (dispicable person) - wúnéug de rén
ugly as hell - Chou ba guai.
useless person - fèi rén
violent lunatic - xiongmeng de kuangren
yes man (derogatory) - zôugôu
you are a cheat! - Ni shi pian zi!
you are a rotten egg. - Ni shi hwin dan.
you're not human - nǐ bú shì rén
you're less than human - ǐ shì shénme dōngxi
you're less than human - nǐ búshì dōngxi
you're shameless and less than human - bùyàoliǎn de dōngxī
your heart is black! - Ni xin tai hei le!


Booze - 酒精

alcohol - jiǔ jīng
beer - pí jiǔ
beer, draft - shēng pí jiǔ
beer, stout - hēi pí jiǔ
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 jiǔ
moonshine - sijiu
rum - lǎo mǔ jiǔ
sake - rì běn mǐ jiǔ
tequila - mò xī gē tè qí lā jiǔ
vodka - é de kè jiǔ
whiskey - wēi shì jì
wine - pú táo jiǔ
wine, red - hóng pú táo jiǔ
wine, sparkling - hán qì pú táo jiǔ
wine, white - bái pú táo jiǔ


Sex - 性行

boyfriend [somewhat derogatory] - kai tze*
extramarital sex - hūn wài xìng jiē chù
to have sex - jiāo gòu
to have sex - jìn xíng xìng jiāo
have sex appeal - sāo
girlfriend [somewhat derogatory] - ma tze*
lecherous - Se mi mi de ren.
looking for a boyfriend - dow kai tze*
looking for a girlfriend - dow ma tze*
luck with the opposite sex - táo huā yùn
make love - zuò ài
male masturbation (vulgar) - dăshǒuqiāng (lit. "firing a handgun")
male masturbation (vulgar) - dǎfēijī (lit. "hitting an airplane")
male masturbation (vulgar) - wǔdǎyī (lit. "five beating one")
mastrubate - Zi wei
masturbation (scientific) - shǒuyín
oral sex - kǒu jiāo
sex partner - xìng bàn lǚ
sexual desire - xìng yù
sexual encounter - xìng jiē chù
sexual intercorse - xìng bàn lǚ
sexually transmitted disease - táo huā yùn
sexy - qíng gǎn de
sexy - sè qíng de


Love - 愛

do you love me? - Nǐ ài wǒ ma?
do you really love me? - Nǐ zhēn ài wǒ ma?
I love you. - Wǒ ài nǐ.
I love mom. - Wǒ ài mā mā.
I will love you forever. - Wǒ huì yǒng yǔan ài nǐ.
love at fist sight - yī jiàn zhōng qíng
love someone no matter what - ài wū jí wū
love story - liàn ài xiǎo shuō
spark between two lovers - gān chái liè huǒ
still have feeling for lost love - ǒu duàn sī lián


Questions - 刨

are we clear? - Dohn luh mah?*
are you ok? - Ni meí shì bà?
are you unhappy? - nǐ hěn bù gāo 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?
why don't you tell the cow about it's beautiful eyes? - Ni gaosu na niu ta you shuang meimu?


Answers - 荅

absolutely not - júe duì bú shì
god knows what - tain xiaode
I don't know. - wǒ bù zhī dào
I don't understand. - Wo bù dong.
I don't understand. (I hear you, but I don't understand your meaning.) - Wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
I don't understand. (I can read it, but I don't understand the words.) - Wǒ kàn bù dǒng
I'm fine - Wô hên hâo
I'm not fine - bù hǎo
I understand completely - Wǒ wán quán míng bái.
in that case, nevermind. - 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
you're shitting me / you're talking out of your ass [literally, "farting"] - Fuhn pi.*


Commands - 吩咐

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 chū chāi 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.
shut up, you inconsiderate schoolboys! - Bizui, nin hen butitie de nansheng!
watch your back [This is pretty damned dangerous. Pay attention] - Zhen tama yaoming. Zhuyi


Niceties - 表示敬意

blessing on you - Zhufu ni
cheering or urging someone on [literally “add fuel,” equivalent of “go (name)!” in English] - Jah yoh.*
congratulations - Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ
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 nǐ yī tiān guò de yú kuài!
nevermind. 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 qǐ qǐng yúan liàng wǒ
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 - 不錯

amazing - wǒ cào
awesome or extraordinarily clever [literally “high pole.”] - Gao guhn*
brilliant [splendid] - jingcai
cool (racy expression) - diǎo
handsome / cute - shuài
fucking awesome - niúbī
stylish clothing - jiangjiu de fuzhuang
stunning / amazing - lìngrén jingyì


Bad Things - 不良

a centipede dies but never falls down (old institutions die hard) - bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng
a switch to those girls’ backsides is just good enough - Byen dah tah muhn dug bay jo go lai.*
alas, not good, what a mess, too bad [literally “spoiled cake.”] - Jao gao*
as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals - bīng tàn bù xiāng 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 - bǐ 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 - wǒ bù xǐ hūan nǐ
just our luck! - Zhen daomei!
keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks; be undaunted by repeated setback - bǎi zhé bù náo
a knot of self-indulgent lunacy - fangzong fengkuang de jie
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 - bīng bù yàn zhà
troublemaker - wēnshén
weak-ass sauce! [As in, "This booze sucks!"] - Landan jiang!*
we're in big trouble - Aiya, women wanle.
when a longshot 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 - nǐ fēng le
you are in a bad mood - nǐ de xīn qíng bù hǎo
you don't deserve her, you fink [literally, you're not good enough, you bastard] - Ni be guoge, ni hunqiu.


Other - 其他
absolute necessity - bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng
abracadabra-alakazam: Tian-ling-ling, di-ling-ling.*
agitate someone out of hiding [literally “beating the grass to startle the snake.”] - Da chow jing ser*
Alliance - Lián méng
ass-kicking killer - xiongcan shashou
beautiful / pretty - mêilì
big change - da bianhua
blue sun - lan ri
Browncoat - zōng sè dà yī
danger - wei
danger electricity - wei dian
dumb as a wooden chicken [paralized 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.
management not responsible for ball failure. - Ruguo taiqiu huaile, na me guanli jiu bu fuze de.
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
tour bus - youlanche