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猩sing1猩sing1

sing1 sing1xīng xing

English

  1. orangutan
  2. a hairy male or person (slang)
  3. (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
  4. a general term of animals under hominidae (excluding humans), including chimpanzee, orangutang

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 靈長類動物之下人科(除咗人之外)嘅統稱,現存包括黑猩猩、大猩猩、紅猩猩

Examples

  • 雖然啲猩猩唔識開口講嘢,但係佢哋可以用其他方法同人類溝通。

    Gorillas cannot use their lips and tongues to speak, but they can communicate with people in other ways.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 例如,當鷹飛圈嗰陣,黑猩猩就會學識用某啲叫聲。 老鷹專門捕食啲馬騮。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 你爸爸是一个大猩猩。

    Your father is a gorilla.

    Tatoeba · thomasstrand CC BY

  • 圈养导致大猩猩生病。

    Captivity makes gorillas sick.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 可可不是一隻普通的猩猩。

    Koko is not an ordinary gorilla.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我们的遗传基因真的和黑猩猩几乎一样吗?

    Is it true that our genetic heritage is almost the same as that of chimpanzees?

    Tatoeba · lokria CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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