xīng xing

HSK 7–9

猩猩 (xīng xing) is a Chinese word meaning “orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin”.

Meanings

  1. 1orangutan
  2. 2(slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 猩猩

猩xīng · ape猩xīng · ape

Related words

大猩猩gorilla黑猩猩common chimpanzee猩红热scarlet fever猩ape猩红scarlet倭黑猩猩bonobo猩化(slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin猩红色scarlet (color)

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