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人妖

Mandarin · pinyin rén yāo

transvestite
transsexual
ladyboy

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
妖: yāo · strange, weird, supernatural

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2–1 · ren2 yao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan4 jiu2

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noun

(Classical, derogatory) man-made disaster
(dated, derogatory) bad person
(Classical, derogatory) strange person
(derogatory, offensive, anti-LGBTQ slur) tranny (a transsexual, transgender, transvestite, or intersex person, especially a trans woman); shemale
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 人 (rén), 妖 (yāo): human and monster

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