<p>TM, TMD: 他妈，他妈的/地. </p>

<p>Depending on contexts, it could be interpreted differently:</p>

<ol>
<li>Damn it! // (她)妈的</li>
<li>What the f**k are you doing? // 你TM在干嘛？</li>
<li>Damn hot! // 真TMD热！</li>
<li>What the f**king door is this? // 这是TM什么(破)门？
... ...</li>
</ol>

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dan
<p><strong>TM</strong> (also written <strong>TMD</strong>) is short for <strong>他/她媽的</strong>, literally ('his/her mother's'), equivalent to English <strong>motherf*****g</strong>.</p>

<p>See <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%96%E5%AA%BD%E7%9A%84" rel="noreferrer">the Wiktionary entry</a> for more details.</p>

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2018-06-04T00:29:53.530Z
The implicit noun after 他妈的 is B ([q.v.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B1%84)).
lly
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dROOOze
<p>I think it is an Internet slang, but found a few times on the web.</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>自大，在超市贵的东西都是写着纯国产 以前在语言学校的时候写作文 主题都是你认为日本哪里好 为什么喜欢日本 我<strong>tm</strong>是被逼来的 硬是编出来说日本人很有礼貌 日本的公共设施做得好 日本老师看着还一本满足 那副嘴脸真的很恶心。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>What does “tm” mean? I searched on the web and found it means 他妈妈, but then it means 我他妈妈是 and does not make sense...</p>

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2018-06-03T21:50:40.473Z
TM = 他媽, short for the vulgar 他媽的 = motherf*****g.
dROOOze
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@droooze Ah, just got to know 他妈 is a slang, not the literal “his mother”! Thanks
Blaszard
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2018-06-03T22:01:02.703Z
It's (obviously) also written TMD. Anyway there's a whole bunch of acronyms and funny abbreviations people use that get updated quite often, mostly to escape censorship, and you might find some of these in [another question](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/10168/other-than-chinasmack-do-any-other-glossaries-of-acronyms-used-in-chinese-like).
dROOOze
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2018-06-03T22:04:14.853Z
@droooze Thanks and do you mind writing it up in an answer?
Blaszard
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2018-06-04T05:34:40.767Z
high scores seem puzzling,since TM occurs all the time on web， as 他妈（的）it has been the topic of previous Q (search this site with 他妈)
user6065
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@user6065 how can someone to know to search 他媽 if they didn't know what TM means? I actually tried the same search myself, before this question/answer nothing actually turned up. That's why I agreed to write an answer for it.
dROOOze
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2018-06-07T02:47:17.797Z
As that many dirty words are banned in most websites in China, so people may choose variant versions like initialism from **pinyin** like **TM** / **TMD** from **ta ma** / **ta ma de**,  or some other homophones, like 踏马, etc.
xenophōn
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for example: 这天气真TM好！ or 这天气真踏马好！ equals to 这天气真他妈好！
xenophōn
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What does “tm” mean?
# What does “tm” mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-03)

I think it is an Internet slang, but found a few times on the web.

Example:

> 自大，在超市贵的东西都是写着纯国产 以前在语言学校的时候写作文 主题都是你认为日本哪里好 为什么喜欢日本 我**tm**是被逼来的 硬是编出来说日本人很有礼貌 日本的公共设施做得好 日本老师看着还一本满足 那副嘴脸真的很恶心。

What does “tm” mean? I searched on the web and found it means 他妈妈, but then it means 我他妈妈是 and does not make sense...

**Tags:** slang, internet-slang

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: TM = 他媽, short for the vulgar 他媽的 = motherf*****g.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Ah, just got to know 他妈 is a slang, not the literal “his mother”! Thanks  
> **username_1**: It's (obviously) also written TMD. Anyway there's a whole bunch of acronyms and funny abbreviations people use that get updated quite often, mostly to escape censorship, and you might find some of these in [another question](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/10168/other-than-chinasmack-do-any-other-glossaries-of-acronyms-used-in-chinese-like).  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Thanks and do you mind writing it up in an answer?  
> **username_2**: high scores seem puzzling,since TM occurs all the time on web， as 他妈（的）it has been the topic of previous Q (search this site with 他妈)  
> **username_1**: @username_2 how can someone to know to search 他媽 if they didn't know what TM means? I actually tried the same search myself, before this question/answer nothing actually turned up. That's why I agreed to write an answer for it.  
> **username_3**: As that many dirty words are banned in most websites in China, so people may choose variant versions like initialism from **pinyin** like **TM** / **TMD** from **ta ma** / **ta ma de**,  or some other homophones, like 踏马, etc.  
> **username_3**: for example: 这天气真TM好！ or 这天气真踏马好！ equals to 这天气真他妈好！  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-03. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

**TM** (also written **TMD**) is short for **他/她媽的**, literally ('his/her mother's'), equivalent to English **motherf\*\*\*\*\*g**.

See [the Wiktionary entry](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%96%E5%AA%BD%E7%9A%84) for more details.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: The implicit noun after 他妈的 is B ([q.v.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B1%84)).  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-06-04. Score: 4

TM, TMD: 他妈，他妈的/地.

Depending on contexts, it could be interpreted differently:

1. Damn it! // (她)妈的
2. What the f\*\*k are you doing? // 你TM在干嘛？
3. Damn hot! // 真TMD热！
4. What the f\*\*king door is this? // 这是TM什么(破)门？
   ... ...


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