十種
Chinese
| ten | to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (十種) | 十 | 種 | |
| simp. (十种) | 十 | 种 | |
| Literally: “of ten breeds”. | |||
Pronunciation
Noun
十種
- (Southern Min, derogatory) Alternative form of 雜種／杂种 (cha̍p-chéng, “mongrel; half-breed; bastard”)
- (Philippine Hokkien, offensive) fucker; contemptible; despicable; disgraceful; inferior; worthless
- 2007, Amy Chua, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and Why They Fall (in English):
- In my native Hokkien dialect, the height of insult is to describe someone as tzup jeng — literally, "of ten breeds"
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