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棒子

Mandarin · pinyin bàng zi

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棒: bàng · stick, club, truncheon; hit
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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4–5 · bang4 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

paang5 zi2

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

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noun

club; stick (short and thick)
(dialectal Mandarin) corn; maize
(Taiwan, figurative) particular duty or responsibility; baton
(Northeastern Mandarin) bottle
(dialectal Mandarin, derogatory) foreigner or someone of a particular occupation
(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Korean person; kimchi

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(Northeastern Mandarin) bottle of

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