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蠻子 (maan4 zi2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

蠻子 (maan4 zi2, mán zi) — barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 蠻牛 (maan4 ngau4) — Raging Bull; brand name of an energy drink
• 蠻橫 (maan4 waang4) — (adjective) Brutish
• 蠻 (maan4) — barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless; unreasonable; rude; savage
• 蠻不講理 (maan4 bat1 gong2 lei5) — completely unreasonable
• 蠻力 (maan4 lik6) — brute force
• 蠻夷 (maan4 ji4) — common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; ba…

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