Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A Japanese humorous written variant which remarkably resembles Chinese by exclusively using kanji.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pseudo-, Chinese. False or fake Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From pseudo- + Chinese, a calque of Japanese 偽中国語.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
