--- product_id: 26232231 title: "Niubi!: The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School" price: "106.64 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/26232231-niubi-the-real-chinese-you-were-never-taught-in-school store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Niubi!: The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School **Price:** 106.64 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Niubi!: The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School - **How much does it cost?** 106.64 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/26232231-niubi-the-real-chinese-you-were-never-taught-in-school) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description How to talk dirty and influence people - in Chinese! Are you looking to learn the Chinese only a native speaker knows? Niubi! will teach you the colorful vernacular phrases used by Chinese people of all ages in a wide variety of situations, including flirting and dating, fighting and partying, and all the swear words you'll ever need. Learn why many Chinese insults involve turtle eggs, how code words referring to Internet censorship have evolved, multiple names for body parts your textbook skipped, and how they've perfected the art of everyday abuse and insults. For complete novices ( Niubi! newbies), intermediate students of Mandarin Chinese, or just anyone who enjoys cursing in other languages, this hilariously illustrated guide is packed with irreverent anecdotes, mini cultural lessons, and contextual explanations. So whether you're planning a trip to Beijing, flirting with an online acquaintance from Shanghai, or just want to start a fight in Chinatown - Niubi! will ensure that nothing you say is lost in translation. Review: fascinating, educational, fun, and freaking NIUBI - As the title suggests, this is all the fun, colorful, and nuanced street vernacular Chinese you wish you knew but no teacher is ever going to teach you. So luckily Ms. Chao goes through all the trouble of collecting and editing all those terms for you. Not only do you learn all the cool words the cool kids are using, but Ms. Chao's well researched text gives insight into the historical and cultural context of many of these words. So you get to start rattling off like a street seasoned local with the added bonus of anthropological insight. The vignettes she uses to introduce each chapter are well-written and an amusing introduction to life in contemporary China. Highly recommend for anyone interested in contemporary Chinese culture, language learners, and those in search of a cool gift--but maybe not for Mother's Day. Review: so Niubi !! - such a fun book. awesome, deep insight into the different worlds and subcultures of modern China via a no-holds-barred (and at times lewd) description of the language unique to them. So much better than yet another 'China exposé' type book that regurgitates the same old crap ... Ms. Chao is as much an anthropologist publishing original findings about the modern Chinese views on sexuality and relationships as she is an (apparent) hipster who has made her way into the sex, drug, rock and roll, gay, and even mafia and prostitution scenes on the mean streets of China's megacities (and lived to tell the tale!!)! Ms. Chao ... you are the ultimate NiuBi!!! Thanks for this gem (and my first ebook purchase - right next to Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac which I had previously downloaded for free, Ben would surely be quite honored). ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,802,531 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #399 in Slang & Idiom Reference Books #2,703 in Foreign Dictionaries & Thesauruses #2,838 in Love, Sex & Marriage Humor | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 Reviews | ## Images ![Niubi!: The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QpPIp62hL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ fascinating, educational, fun, and freaking NIUBI *by C***E on November 3, 2011* As the title suggests, this is all the fun, colorful, and nuanced street vernacular Chinese you wish you knew but no teacher is ever going to teach you. So luckily Ms. Chao goes through all the trouble of collecting and editing all those terms for you. Not only do you learn all the cool words the cool kids are using, but Ms. Chao's well researched text gives insight into the historical and cultural context of many of these words. So you get to start rattling off like a street seasoned local with the added bonus of anthropological insight. The vignettes she uses to introduce each chapter are well-written and an amusing introduction to life in contemporary China. Highly recommend for anyone interested in contemporary Chinese culture, language learners, and those in search of a cool gift--but maybe not for Mother's Day. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ so Niubi !! *by A***L on December 30, 2009* such a fun book. awesome, deep insight into the different worlds and subcultures of modern China via a no-holds-barred (and at times lewd) description of the language unique to them. So much better than yet another 'China exposé' type book that regurgitates the same old crap ... Ms. Chao is as much an anthropologist publishing original findings about the modern Chinese views on sexuality and relationships as she is an (apparent) hipster who has made her way into the sex, drug, rock and roll, gay, and even mafia and prostitution scenes on the mean streets of China's megacities (and lived to tell the tale!!)! Ms. Chao ... you are the ultimate NiuBi!!! Thanks for this gem (and my first ebook purchase - right next to Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac which I had previously downloaded for free, Ben would surely be quite honored). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun *by J***R on March 3, 2010* I speak Chinese pretty well and wanted to shore up my slang, plus it's just kind of fun to know how to cuss people out. This book was a help in that regard. It's a pretty exhaustive list, it's well categorized, and there's good notes explaining when each slang is used. I've learned a lot of new words, and more importantly, I found out that I was sometimes using an uncommon or scientific word, instead of the proper slang. So mostly I'm positive about this book, and I recommend it highly. But I'll concentrate on the negatives, just because it's difficult to judge a slang book, and to let other buyers know what they're getting into. My first complaint is that while the book is largely accurate, it isn't entirely. Maybe a couple percent of them are off. I don't think it's just the vagaries of slang or regional differences, because I asked several people here in Shanghai about them, and they all told me "no way." Anyway, it's worth double checking favorite terms. Secondly, this is (for the most part) Beijing slang. OK a lot of the vocabulary is universal, and that's particularly true to the (really excellent) Internet slang section. On the other hand, there's a lot of words that I don't think most people would say in Shanghai. For a non-native speaker to use many of these words would be bizarre. I wonder, do people in Beijing swear a lot more? Even though she addresses the issue in the introduction, I think the author drastically overestimates how often and how deeply people swear. And a whole lot of the insults would instantly lead to a fight. Oh yeah, and the book is missing common Mandarin slang words that are used in Shanghai. Third, it's CRAZY that this book has pronunciation guides for people who don't even know pinyin. If you don't speak Chinese pretty well already, don't try this book. You'll just get in trouble. Maybe it can be read for the cultural notes, but personally I found the cultural notes could sometimes get a little cartoony, particularly in the introduction, about the marijuana smoking pro-democracy rock singers... Finally, I wish the book had better notes or division about which slangs were common, and which ones weren't. The most common words are often pointed out, but not always. And there's a whole lot of pages given to slangs that are hopelessly obscure. There is a "top 25" list at the end of the book, it could have used a similar section at the end of every chapter. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/26232231-niubi-the-real-chinese-you-were-never-taught-in-school](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/26232231-niubi-the-real-chinese-you-were-never-taught-in-school) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-24*