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蠻

简蛮 · 繁蠻

Mandarin · pinyin mán

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蠻: Look up this written character
蛮: mán · barbarians; barbarous, savage

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2 · man2

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maan4

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

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(historical, derogatory) A collective name for all non-Han ethnic groups south of Han areas of China in any given era.
barbarous; savage; uncivilised
rough; rude; unreasonable
rash; hot-headed
valiantly; uncouthly; vulgarly
(colloquial) quite; rather; fairly; somewhat; pretty

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