# Slang Words for Penis in Other Languages **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500 "2003-01-09T13:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/61 "2019-05-07T17:42:28Z")
In Mandarin, “\*guei-tou \*(turtle-head)” is slang for the penile glans while “_xiao niao_ (little bird)” is slang for the penis itself as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/62 "2019-05-07T18:15:13Z")
Let’s not forget the not-quite-German Schwanzstucker… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/63 "2019-05-07T19:01:39Z")
“Dole” is NOT the slang term for “penis” in Farsi, which caused some uncomfortable moments on Iranian TV during the 1996 U.S. presidential campaign. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/64 "2019-05-07T23:16:10Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > chin-chin in japanese > lao er in Mandarin > lu in Shanghaiese Realizing this post is 16+ years old, I still must respond: I don’t think “chin-chin” (usually o-chin-chin) is particularly slangy; in any case, it’s not a rude word because you can hear it on non-comedy Japanese TV shows from time to time. For really serious discussion they use the transliterated English word “penis” but most of the time “o-chin-chin” is perfectly fine. My Japanese husband says that the only rude word he knows is “chin-bo-ko.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/65 "2019-05-07T23:37:30Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Let’s not forget the not-quite-German Schwanzstucker… Is it enormous? 😃 \* Oh, sweet mystery of life at last Ive found you! Oh, at last I know the secret of it all. \* ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/66 "2019-05-08T04:00:33Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Realizing this post is 16+ years old, I still must respond: I don’t think “chin-chin” (usually o-chin-chin) is particularly slangy; in any case, it’s not a rude word because you can hear it on non-comedy Japanese TV shows from time to time. For really serious discussion they use the transliterated English word “penis” but most of the time “o-chin-chin” is perfectly fine. > > My Japanese husband says that the only rude word he knows is “chin-bo-ko.” I was going to post this. Our children were born in Japan and when they’re talking about little boys penises, they always say “o-chin-chin“. The normal slang term is the Japanese word for “that“ which is “are.” (“a” as in “father” and the “e” as in “bed.”) It’s not a dirty word, though. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/67 "2019-05-09T03:11:54Z")
Dutch: Pik, piemel, lul, lummel, leuter, snickel, jongeheer. For starters. And welcome to our new member dopiest, who joined solely to resurrect this thread, it would seem. Kicking it old-school sdmb from day one. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/68 "2019-05-09T06:22:17Z")
**Japanese** _chin_- with various endings and prefixes — a few others have provided examples. This makes teaching detailed facial anatomy to children inadvisable. (Teacher: “This is my chin!” Boys: \ “This is **my** _chin_!”) For similar reasons, teaching extended family words is potentially hazardous to classroom decorum. (Uncle sounds like _unko_ \<うんこ; feces/poo/shit\>). _Chin-chin_ (ちんちん) is analogous to kids saying “pee-pee” in English, as in “My pee-pee hurts.” Chin-ko (ちんこ); chin-po (チンポ) are regional variations on pronunciation — the connotation is similar to “cock” in English. [Katakana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana) works a lot like italics or bold type in English does for emphasis, so _katakana_ versions in writing “feel” stronger/nastier. デカチン _deka-chin_ — big cock. related: チンピラ _chinpira_ — punk, little shit, low-level gangster _Katakana_-English ペニス _penisu_ is sometimes used for “flavor”; depending on the situation it can make it feel either more clinical or more raunchy. コック _kokku_ on the other hand, as a transliteration of “cock” is always dirty. 棹 さお _sao_ — rod ･ pole ･ 太マラ _futomara_ — fat cock, thick one, choad. 息子、息 むすこ _musuko_ (lit. “son”) euphemism, like saying “little \“, or mini-me. 男根 だんこん _dankon_ — lit. “man root” 陽根 ようこん: _youkon_ — 陰 _in_ and 陽 _you_ are the Japanese versions of Chinese _yin_ (female) and _yang_ (male) spirit/force/influence, so this could be translated fairly literally as “the root of maleness”. 陽物 ようぶつ _youbutsu_ — lit. “male thing” カリ首、雁首、鴈首 \<カリくび _karikubi_\> — lit. “goose neck” glans, penis 尺八を吹く、〜する しゃくはち _shakuhachi o fuku_ — lit. playing the [Japanese end-blown flute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi); sucking cock, giving a blowjob **Spanish** la verga — (vulgar) cock, prick el pene — penis **Brazilian Portugese** piroca (unsure of spelling, article) Learned from Brazilian friend. Definitely crude, probably a male-only word. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/69 "2019-05-09T06:52:53Z")
> [@Sleel](#): > > **Spanish** > > la verga — (vulgar) cock, prick > > el pene — penis _pene_ is not slang, it’s the official name. The non-slang meaning of _verga_ is horsewhip. Not penis as such, but _capullo_ (officially, flower bud) is a slang name for the dick’s head. So, when _capullo_ is used as an insult it is directly equivalent to the English word “dickhead” both in meaning and imagery. ---
**Author:** ![godparticle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@godparticle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godparticle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/70 "2021-09-20T19:49:34Z")
I enjoyed this so much, I must contribute. I had a Moldovan girlfriend, but in the early years, the only language we shared in common was Russian. She used the term ‘kotYONochek’ котёночек, which I would translate as _tomcat_. It is more an intimate term rather than offensively vulgar. ---
**Author:** ![godparticle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@godparticle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godparticle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500/71 "2021-09-20T20:28:15Z")
Perereca (tree frog) is the vulgar term that essentially means pussy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500.md?page=3)