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雜種

简杂种 · 繁雜種

Mandarin · pinyin zá zhǒng

hybrid
mixed breed
bastard
son of a bitch

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雜: Look up this written character
種: zhǒng · seed; race; offspring; to plant
杂: zá · mixed, blended; mix, mingle
种: zhǒng · seed; race, breed; to plant

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2–3 · za2 zhong3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zaap6 zung2

Cantonese word readings for 雜種. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

crossbreed; hybrid
(derogatory) half-breed; mongrel; bastard (term of abuse)

name

(Cantonese, humorous, derogatory) nickname for Xi Jinping (born 1953), General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

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