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私生子 — meaning in English

sī shēng zǐ

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English meaning

  • macaronic adj Muddled together; mixed up.
  • mongrel noun A dog (or other creature) of mixed or uncertain breed.
  • spurious adj False or not genuine, despite appearing real.

Senses

私生子 is used for these senses in English:

  • love child (euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
  • macaronic (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
  • mongrel (often, pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
  • natural child An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.
  • spurious (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate.

macaronic — full definition

  1. adj Muddled together; mixed up.
  2. adj Describes writing that blends two or more languages together.
  3. adj Resembling a fop or dandy in manner; foppish, trivial or affected.

mongrel — full definition

  1. noun A dog (or other creature) of mixed or uncertain breed.
  2. adj Made up of a mixture of breeds, types, or origins.
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