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
- (Min Nan, derogatory) Alternative form of 雜種/杂种 (cha̍p-chéng, “mongrel; half-breed”).
- (Philippines 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"
-
See also
- 山猴
- 三八 (sam-pat)
- 臭番
- 婊生
- 痟痟
- 臭耳