猩猩 xīngxing orangutan
orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
汉字
用法
- A great ape (orangutan/gorilla, loosely) - 大猩猩 (dà xīngxing) gorilla; 黑猩猩 (hēi xīngxing) chimpanzee.
- Note the neutral-tone reduplication xīngxing; the base word rarely stands alone without a modifier like 大/黑.
- Everyday zoo-and-nature vocabulary; don't confuse with 星星 (xīngxing, stars), a homophone-ish pair distinguished by context and characters.