The Chinese word 粗话 (cūhuà), meaning "vulgar language" or "coarse speech", is a compound word formed through semantic combination. It consists of two characters: 粗 (cū), which means "coarse", "rough", or "unrefined", and 话 (huà), which means "speech", "words", or "talk". When combined, they create a new meaning where the adjective 粗 modifies the noun 话, literally resulting in "coarse speech" to figuratively denote profane, rude, or offensive language. This formation is a standard pattern in Mandarin where two meaningful morphemes are joined to express a specific, composite concept.