十種
Chinese
edit| 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
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chéng
- Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tsíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zabzeang
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
edit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"