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王八

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Chinese

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king; Wang (proper name) eight
trad. (王八)
simp. #(王八)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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王八

  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. cuckold
  3. (derogatory) bastard; son of a bitch
  4. man who works in a brothel
  5. (Jin, derogatory) suona player
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  • (tortoise; turtle):
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Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching of English wombat.

Noun

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王八

  1. (colloquial) wombat
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