雜碎

简 杂碎 · 繁 雜碎
Mandarin · pinyin zá sui

Meanings

  1. offal
  2. cooked minced offal
  3. chop suey (American Chinese dish)
  4. incoherent (information)
  5. (derog.) asshat
  6. jerk
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雜
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碎
suì · break, smash; broken, busted
杂
zá · mixed, blended; mix, mingle
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2–5 · za2 sui5

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zaap6 seoi2

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noun

  1. internal organs of animals; offal; entrails
  2. chop suey
  3. (derogatory) bastard; jerk

adj

  1. (literary or Mainland China Hokkien) trivial and complicated; trifling and cumbersome
  2. (Hokkien) miscellaneous; sundry (of objects)

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雜碎 · za2 sui5
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Exact source record雜碎 杂碎 [za2 sui5] /offal/cooked minced offal/chop suey (American Chinese dish)/incoherent (information)/(derog.) asshat/jerk/