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鴨

简鸭 · 繁鴨

Mandarin · pinyin yā

duck (Classifier: 隻 zhī)
(slang) male prostitute

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鴨: yā · duck; Anas species (various)
鸭: yā · duck; Anas species (various)

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1 · ya1

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duck (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(slang) male prostitute (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Mainland China Mandarin, neologism, slang) eye dialect spelling of 呀 (ya, “sentence-final particle”)

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