<p>@wuerling's answer is right. </p>

<p>There is another reason.</p>

<p>Consider similar situations in English:  </p>

<p>shit --> shoot --> shucks --> sugar, </p>

<p>hell --> heck, </p>

<p>god --> gosh. </p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath" rel="noreferrer">Minced oath</a> substitutes or euphemistic expressions formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics.  </p>

<p>Extension of this phenomenon in Chinese:</p>

<p>肏 --> 操 --> 草 --> 艹 --> 擦（cā） --> 嚓. </p>

<p>So you can also see phrases like: 我擦，我擦嘞 online to express exclamation or amazement or shock or sometimes outrage. </p>

<p>This is also an attenuation of the pronunciation, <strong>less plosive</strong>. </p>

<p>Note that 擦 --> 嚓，changing 扌(hand 手) to 口（mouth）even attenuates the meaning from making a motion to just producing a sound. </p>

<p>For the purpose of academic discussion, 日, 干 (do) also mean f*** in this case. </p>

<p>Examples: 我日你。我干。</p>

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<p>The explanations above are very reasonable, however, when getting to the meaning of 我艹你 it does not have the same meaning as "I f*** you." would have if you told anyone in English. It is more like "I am gonna f*** you up." Or a really strong form of 我讨厌你 (= I hate you. / You are so annoying.) </p>

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<p>This might seem as an unserious question but i was really stunned the first time I had an argument with a Chinese guy in League of Legends and he said: "我艹你". </p>

<p>my first thought ofcourse was WTF!?! I grass you? what is he trying to tell me?</p>

<p>so my question is how does i grass you relate to i f*** you? :D</p>

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Help me understand why 我艹你 means i f*** you?
# Help me understand why 我艹你 means i f*** you?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-01)

This might seem as an unserious question but i was really stunned the first time I had an argument with a Chinese guy in League of Legends and he said: "我艹你".

my first thought ofcourse was WTF!?! I grass you? what is he trying to tell me?

so my question is how does i grass you relate to i f\*\*\* you? :D

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-04. Score: 5

@wuerling's answer is right.

There is another reason.

Consider similar situations in English:

shit --> shoot --> shucks --> sugar,

hell --> heck,

god --> gosh.

[Minced oath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath) substitutes or euphemistic expressions formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics.

Extension of this phenomenon in Chinese:

肏 --> 操 --> 草 --> 艹 --> 擦（cā） --> 嚓.

So you can also see phrases like: 我擦，我擦嘞 online to express exclamation or amazement or shock or sometimes outrage.

This is also an attenuation of the pronunciation, **less plosive**.

Note that 擦 --> 嚓，changing 扌(hand 手) to 口（mouth）even attenuates the meaning from making a motion to just producing a sound.

For the purpose of academic discussion, 日, 干 (do) also mean f\*\*\* in this case.

Examples: 我日你。我干。


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-02-10. Score: 1

The explanations above are very reasonable, however, when getting to the meaning of 我艹你 it does not have the same meaning as "I f\*\*\* you." would have if you told anyone in English. It is more like "I am gonna f\*\*\* you up." Or a really strong form of 我讨厌你 (= I hate you. / You are so annoying.)


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