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雜交

简杂交 · 繁雜交

Mandarin · pinyin zá jiāo

to hybridize
to crossbreed
promiscuity

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雜: Look up this written character
交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
杂: zá · mixed, blended; mix, mingle

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2–1 · za2 jiao1

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zaap6 gaau1

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verb

(biology) to hybridize; to crossbreed
to have sexual intercourse with multiple people; to be sexually promiscuous

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