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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-chéng

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• 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/

Noun

十種

1. (Southern Min, derogatory) Alternative form of 雜種／杂种 (cha̍p-chéng, “mongrel; half-breed; bastard”)
2. (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"

See also

• 山猴
• 三八 (sam-pat)
• 臭番
• 婊生
• 痟痟
• 臭耳