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蠻子

简蛮子 · 繁蠻子

Mandarin · pinyin mán zi

barbarian
slave servant
(old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
蛮: mán · barbarians; barbarous, savage

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2–5 · man2 zi5

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noun

(derogatory, dated) southern barbarian; southerner; someone from southern China
(historical) A name for Song China (particularly) under the Yuan

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