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鴨子

简鸭子 · 繁鴨子

Mandarin · pinyin yā zi

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

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鴨: yā · duck; Anas species (various)
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
鸭: yā · duck; Anas species (various)

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1–5 · ya1 zi5

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aap3 zi2

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

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noun · Etymology 1

duck (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
(slang) male prostitute; rentboy; moneyboy
(Changting Hakka) female prostitute
(dialectal Mandarin) male genitalia; penis

noun · Etymology 2

(literary or dialectal) duck egg

noun · Etymology 3

(Hakka) duckling

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