What is SOHAI?
May 17th, 2007 by AhYap
A visitor asked me what do I mean by ‘Sohai’. I bet he is reading my post on Sohai Streamyx Technician – Why Send a Sohai to My House? So he must be a non-chinese and I am very happy to explain to all the people in the world who does not know what this fantastic word means.
When you see the word Sohai, you can replace it with ‘Idiot’, i.e. Idiot Streamyx Technician – Why Send an Idiot to My House.
Easy? But my friend, you better be careful when you use this word because it is not a ‘friendly’ word, it is a rude word.
Sohai is made up of 2 Cantonis word, So and Hai.
So = Stupid
Hai = The organ of your mum where your father put something in and get you out from it. Like a Coke vending machine, you put RM1.50 and you get a can of coke out from it. So that organ, your father put some liquid in and get you out from it. If you don’t know what is it, ASK YOUR MUM, SOHAI! Ask your father if you don’t know what liquid he put in.
That’s why sohai is consider a rude word. But it is very common among the Cantonis speaker.
- Sohai! Do you know how to spell Hippopotamus?
- Look at that Sohai, he wear a red underweer.
Sometimes we can use the word on ourself.
- Today I am very Sohai, I locked my car key inside the car.
- April Ng, “I am so sohai! My website get hacked!” (wahahaha, sorry to burn you in but I find it funny that you actually has a blog category called sohai!)
Sometimes we can call our friend sohai
- Ui Sohai, where to eat supper?
- I put soufulow nickname in my address book as Sohai Fu.
(It makes friends closer to each other because only close friends will not get pissed-off with such word. Like in English, you can call your buddy, “Hey ass hole!” Try that on a stranger and see if you can still keep your balls)
There are 2 common variations of Sohai
1. Dai Sohai - Dai means big. So dai sohai means big idiot. Soufulow is a dai sohai because he typed self-employed as self-employer in his resume. [All those YouTube movies that you watch where the Americans doing some stuns but failed are all dai sohai, i.e. jump from building to building and fell, skate down the stairs handle and fell, burn their own pubic hair... All the fellas in American Funniest Home Videos that send in videos of someone fell is also dai sohai. All the people who laugh because someone fell is also dai sohai.]
2. Sei Sohai – Sei means die. So it is an extra curse word on top of sohai. You use it because of hatred. You can called a policeman that saman you a sei sohai. If somebody knocks your car from the back you can call him sei sohai. If a politician say your mum bocor every month, you can call him sei sohai.
So you have learned a new word today, use more in your blog! If your visitors ask you what is Sohai, you can answer them, “Wah! Sohai you also don’t know ar! You are really a dai sohai!” Wahahahaha.
How to Pronounce ‘Sohai’?
A commenter below make a good example on how to pronounce it.
Soyabean’s So
Haiya’s Hai
p/s Oh, if you use the word ’sohai’ in your post, remember to link it to this page!
SoHai!
Wahahhaha.
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dai sohai, its *pubic hair* not public hair.
Haha, you are a good student.
The word sohai can be used anywhere. Yesterday night soufu called me and say, “Hey, let’s come out and do some sohai stuffs”. His sohai stuffs is playing dota at cybercafe. Then the 4 sohai, lost like shit to the computer. So that’s 4 sohai doing sohai stuffs at IMAX Ipoh.
sei sohai ahyap. now i very good friend with u meh? call me sohai pulak.. kekekee..
actually i typed alot yesterday but the sorhai connection didn’t manage to post it up. i forgot what i want to say also. just wan to scold u only i think. kekee…
oh ya.. i noticed u have lotsa sorhai friends.. (excluding me, okie?) i have too and i missed them lots … pity soufulow let u say until no value liao..
LOL
I remember an Indian boy in my college asking me what do I mean when I say to him: Tiu lei la sei sohai!
I refuse to tell him the big secret, so he begged me to tell him what does Sohai means. I gave him direct translation: Stupid C***I
Shar, I think you will sounds very cool when you say, “Tiu Lei Lar Sei Sohai!” wahahaha.
good explaination for this “unique” word!!!
wat is chau hai??? can u wirte a blog about it?
To ahyap,
Hahahaha …You really very funny lar sohai!!!Opss…
sohai ah yap, finally we got a walking dictionary make in malaysia. malaysia boleh..mah..tai lun ong.
I am still not up to the level to use ‘chau hai’ :p You got to ask cibailang to explain to you. He is a professional when it comes to ‘hai’.
* chow hai, when compared to sohai is more rude and not so funny. You can notice that girls will scold sohai but definitely not chow hai.
I teach people how to use the word sohai then end up everyone is using it on me. Aihhhhhh. Cantonis saying, “caught worm and stuck into my own ass hole”.
haha
I know a guy who will go ard calling everyone, even guys, chau hai!
Sohai Yap, i dun understand what do mean by “caught worm and stuck into my own ass hole” la, can u write another post and explain about it? i believe Shar will like to read it as well…
Yea, I dun get the sticking worms into a-hole thingy
Hahahahahahahaha!
damn funny
I wanna define what is chau cheebai
THE MEANING OF CHAU CHEE BAI
Based on ASIAN PEOPLE ADVANCED DICTIONARY 2007 HARD COVER EDITION.
CHAU = SMELLY or FOUL SMELL or STINKING
CHEE BAI = The part in between and centre the women’s upper thigh right below the belly area and usually covered by the lump of hair unless shaved one.
This subject is usually pronounce in full sentence
TIU LEI AH MA GEH CHAU CHEE BAI AH
TIU = To Fuck
LEI = Your/you
AH = usually associated in front of the name of chinese e.g ah kau, Ah Seng, Ah bin ko bin ko
MA = Mother
GEH = belongs, belonging, e.g This road yours ah? = Tiew lou lei Geh aH?
CHAU = As defined above
CHEE BAI = As defined above
AH = A slang to better emphasis the meaning of the sentence.
THE CHAU CHEE BAI WORD IS BEST USED ON THE STUPID POLITICIANS AND COMMONLY USED BY PEOPLE BEING BULLIED BY THE FOUL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION.
Here is some Case Study.
Case Study 1.1
A policeman ask for bribe hiding behind the tree.
CHAU CHEE BAI AH mata yum yum sub sub peng chu.
Sample Answer
CHAU CHEE BAI AH policemen shady shady wet wet hiding hiding.
Case Study 1.2
The politician wave the ancient small small knife.
Sample Answer
FENG LEI FENG HUI CHAU CHEE BAI GIN GUO KUAN DOU MEI ?
SWING HERE SWING THERE Have u seen the GUAN DOU Sword before you uneducated moron.
Case Study 1.3
The Government department is sleeping and never processes your visa/licence/passport/tax file/Water/electricity.
Sample Answer
CHAU CHEE BAI AH man Dou Hai Gum Yeong Oh bei chin lei gah
CHAU CHEE BAI AH Slow like pussy like that oh give you money also you work so slow
So thanks for your time and remember to pass up your assignment next week.
So good student will say CHAU CHEE BAI AH GUM LAN DUO YEH CHOU.
VERY WELL AT LEAST MY STUDENT IS FAST LEARNER DON’T BE LIKE THE GOVERNMENT everyday kena tiu also nge sik seng damn sien man brother.
hello ah yap would u like to post up this article to wikipedia??
wah!!!u r the one damn lk ppl!! Support u 4ever!!!U R MY IDOL ….can give me ur msn address
Guess what i search the google for imax cybercafe, found sohai as keywords…. so that caught my attention to click it … until i found this sohai post.
I swear your english is so terrible it makes me shiver. However, it is probably the best way to communicate on your blog. I mean, that is what your blog is all about. It was never about english but rather a series of Chinese idiosyncracies. This is not a negative comment but a frank account of my reaction to your blog. I find it amusing and the broken english somewhat entertaining at times. It’s working for the blog too. I mean, you will throw out some words, or phrases (slangs) that sound absurd and then some one will ask you for a meaning of it, and then you get abother subject for your nect blog. With this, you would will probably never run out of things to say!
Anyways, just an explanation for a few readers here, when he says, “caught worm and stuck into my own ass hole” , it means that “you are asking for trouble.” For example, if you are having dinner with some friends, and then you boast about not having to wash the dishes in front of your mom or your wife, then you are looking for trouble. That is how that sentence is used.
For my dear author of this blog, Catonis is actually spelled, Cantonese. For any American readers, the word “sohai” would be best described as “nigger” in its context and usage. It is a rather demeaning word but it has became increasingly a more tolerable word although it is still frowned upon when used in public.
Too bad I lost my phone because I have a picture of a nursery called “So High Enterprise” in the phone. It was funny as shit when I first saw it. Maybe next time I drive by, I will take a picture of it and post it somewhere for you guys to see it.
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Ahhh… hou hiong ah… smells good, definitely reminiscent of my patronage to one of those chau tau foo (fermented bean curd) stalls… Your blog si peh shiok leh
) Bloody daily newspapers wasting my small money EVERYDAY. Add up is not so small money.
Mind to give sorta help in pronouncing it?
Soyabean’s So
Haiya’s hai
sohai?
Wohoo, you are one of those potential fella who is qualified to join our group if you are interested…LOL! Neways, just want to let you know that we’ll be borrowing this page of yours, but we’ll link it back to you, no worries.
Thanks, and peace!
Judge & Whinner
~Proub member of the elite So~hai(z) group.
Abc: Yep, that’s the exact way to pronounce it!
Hahaha…That’s the one you got it bro. The 3rd one…
Ciao…
Your post here is really entertaining to most cantonese speaker in Malaysia. I came across your blog when searching for Kinokuniya book request… after reading your post on “Malaysia’s Best Online Book Store – Kinokuniya”, I’d gotten curious on your other post called “How To Trick People To Do What You Want Them To Do By Giving Them ‘Choices’”. Clicked on it and read through it. Found out you’re not only giving usefull information on the books hunt but also an expert in tackful speech. Subsequently, I’d come across this sohai post… really interesting on how searching for ‘book request’ can leads to ’sohai’. Anyway, you’d made my boring day in office entertaining today.
Thanks.. and keep on writing creatively!
lol…all sei sohai using sohai words==even me also==
lol…..Is too Sohai …..la -.-
Haha sohai ah yap, really a great job in writing this sohai blog! XD
Anyway, i was also googling for sohai IMAX cc cause i wanna find their sohai official website until i saw a link to your sohai blog. Eh, you’re also from Ipoh?? I never knew that before you said 4 sohai playing dota in IMAX Ipoh haha. Don’t play DotA liao la, come let’s play COD 4! XD Wanna find some sohai kaki to play ler…
yiu..talk for so much and explain to those sohay …
Conclusion for them who don’t understand.. : u r the sohai..
Thats All~~’
~xYz~
what a good explanation on SOHAI… how about
TIU?
Tiu (I preferred Diu) is too easy to explain, which means FUCK.
Diu Lei = Fuck You.
Diu Lei Lou Mou = Fuck Your Old Mother.
AhYap! Very Good ! Diu Nia Seng! HAhaha!!
sohai u put sohai in web
SOHAI KIA
[...] this from my classmate Jasmine in forward mail, anyone knows this sohai who occupied 2 handicap parking spaces? Where is the brain of the sohai? So ignorant… Shame [...]
kor kor…
Please teach ppl how to use Ham + chan …….
how to write sohai in chinese character?anyone?
@kc,
How to write ‘So’ u can ask your Mandarin teacher. For ‘hai’, there is no such word in the dictionary but people write it by using the word ‘girl’ and put a dot in the middle to represent it. You know, chinese words are mostly pictures. Wahaha.
Bad word.. Anyway we can use “So High” coz high also almost like haiya…
I SoHigh Like that la…
All Cantonese……But i think Chibai is Hokkien!
ever heard a song named”Gan Lin Yang, Chou chi bai” ??
i heard my old man say “gan lin yang” is a hokkien’s rude word………………
Gan lin yang…….?????………………………….I heard Ga Ny Nia b4…………………..but i think is related to Gan Lin Yang lorrr
Good explaination…
I suggest you to create a private blog to explain those type of words…
You can ask oxford officer to add your word inside…
Especially in 7th edition…
Sohai sohai sohai sohai…
I am SOHAI ^.^v
haah so damn funny!! ahyap you are awesome!!
i juz post ur link n use the word “sohai” in tiz web!! check it out~
http://www.collegebitching.com/
tats a good explanination
u r so sohai le～～～～
XXDD
LOL.
This page is the top 1 result when u google the word ’sohai’.
nice one. that’s how i am linked to here.
What about Fai Hai?
Fai = disabled.
i am a Sohai like you
sa pu ra kun ci diu ya ma chu hai , diu ma ma the hai ……and so on
sohai sohai,make me laugh till like sohai,really sohai la.sei sohai.
Type “sohai” in google and click “I am feelin lucky” will bring you to this page lol.
Sei so hai…..your website so sohai !
im also dota kaki ^o^…
in dota, “cibai”(cb) is the most common word. whenever some things happen eg : someone lagging, get killed , ks-ed n etc, the word ‘cb’ will proudly appear.
originally, “cibai” or cb is a hokkien word referring to vagina. how it become a word so popularly used to scold or call people is still unknown.
cases : ur line dc when ur owning(dota), MVPing(RO), bossing(maplestory/ WOW), beyond godlike streak ended, or when ur gf is disturbed by other guys (esp more lengzai than u)
example of usage : diu niama geh cibai ar ( fuck your mom’s vagina)
p/s : eventhough it has nothing to do with the person’s mom’s precious part, but this phrase is such popular in nowdays modern world esp in parts of HongKong and Malaysia.
besides, noob is the most used word. “noob” will come out when u lanci enemy after u pawned him, scolding allied teammates n etc. in addition, “noob” can be friendly at times for jokinly scolding ur friends. usually, noob can be combined with the word “hai” as well to produce a phrase called “noobhai” which is quite rude but once accustomed to it, it will be ok to use it on ur friends. most prolly, girls will get offended to this word coz they dun usually understand meanings of “noob” and “gg-ed” as they do not dota. they understand the word “hai” n will get misunderstood.
so guys, becareful to use this special phrase.
last but not least, the combination of cb and noob is among the foulest phrase u will c in gaming world. cb itself is quite or maybe a very rude word and combined with noob (cbnoob) is very rude. case study of the usage of this unique phrase is when enemy using maphack, lagger, leaver or more lengzai than u.
u jau dai sohai.. ur sohai explaination can describe so long i dun think u a small sohai lor sure u are a kinda big sohai = D
ZOMB! Ur so lol.. i lol like hell reading this page.. write some more bout things like tis.. damn funny, rude and sohai bro..
Me so sohai….dont know why..^^
Thought this link might be useful for you to share with your readers :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_b5QOE4gDE
I think sohai is not used as regularly as mahai. Mahai is used more regularly in our everyday conversation and it’s a very good expressive word. For example
1.Wah just now i kena caught talking on the handphone while driving by the police lah, mahai!!
2. Mahai stop playing around lah!!
3. Makahai you wanna fight izzit???
See? it’s so convenient to use.
Ah Yap explained Sohai.
What does Ma….. in Mahai mean?
Ma = Mother lor, hahaha. Mahai usage = Mother fucker in english. haha.
Gee! It’s better to use Sohai then if we need to use it. At least we don’t use Mother!
Nice post buddy. By the way I was VERY *#!@#%!! once. I’m a Form 1 student (yeah, Malaysian Chinese and i know hokien) and once when i was on a “bas sekolah(van)” i took out a paper and accidentally “fall” it out of the window. Holy *****@$@!!!@@#$%^& !!! its a very important exercise paper and i yelled ” Angke teng chia! Angkee!” and I rushed about 90m i think to pick up that paper and ran back chasing the van. What word to descirbe that me?
Girl also scold chow hai 1 ar. my sohai ex gf ‘teach’ me this word. Her name is Yoyo, kanne ma cibai, diu lei lou mou ge chow hai!
“Look at that Sohai, he wear a red underweer.”
hahahahha!! look at you SOHAI! u spell underweAr with underweer.
Sohai, stop writing in English, it’s Cantonese, not Cantonis. you sounds like a fucking Sohai
then what is the meaning of sien?
sien = boring.
AH YAP gor, i just found out your interesting little blog a few days ago when i had nothing to do, i just typed SOHAI in the google search engine. i never thought that this kinda SOHAI thing could prolong to such a long time. I noticed that your original post was sometime in May 2007 and i saw your post in April 2010!!!! And even comments was ALL YEAR ROUND. Actually, i post this comment becoz someone mentioned about kan-ni-na-bu and kan-ni-liang… I saw a Taiwan talk show hosted by the popular WU ZHONG XIAN, which a segment in the show named – NO LAUGHING – there was an old couple speaking hokkien words translated in mandarin. If you had watched the show, I bet you would laughed EXACTLY like a -sei sohai- YOu can still watch that segment over YOUTUBE, so, if you have nothing to do, you can always try type WU ZHONG XIAN, if possible, type his name in chinese and you can find that particular segment…. AND tell AH YAP GOR all ABOUT IT !!!!!!
CHAU CHIBAI MAHAI LANJIAU KANASAI,HAI LONG, CHA YE, HAM YE, HAM SAP LOU!!!! DIU LAH , GAN NIN NABU, CHIBAI!!!
stfu nick sohai
so its equavalent to “stupid cunt”……hahaha
~THX~
why that SOHAI just cannot shut her sohai’s mouth and keep talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking………………..
non-stop talking, chee-baeee!! f–k off lah sohai!!!
really tulan to hear that sohai’s voice lah!!
=.=” Ahem, nice explaination and its so funny ! hey explain what is mahai or chao cibai or DIU ! uh and PLEASE EXPLAIN what is the meaning of “seng” in “diu nia seng” ! huh? what is DIU NIA SENG ???
Hey Ah Yap, great blog you have here! Just found out about this post a moment ago – very interesting indeed. And to think that so many comments and discussions can ensue from SOHAI!
@ WALAU
DIU NIA SENG is, to the best of my knowledge, a ‘modified’ version of DIU NIA MA KA CHOU HAI – literally ‘f*** your mom’s smelly c**t’. Because this phrase is so rude that almost anyone who uses it will immediately be frowned upon by the more ‘high-class’ or ‘civilised’ people, these ‘high-class’ folks decided that it is more acceptable to simply replace your mum’s organ with an arbitray word – SENG. I’ve no idea why ‘SENG’ is the choice of word – but I suspect it could have something to do with ‘Singh’ (you get the racism there I suppose). Just like Sohai is a more socially correct version of chou hai – you tend to find girls (the more extrovert ones) who will use DIU NIA SENG occasionally, but not the much fouler original version.