混血

hùnxuè

adjective

Meanings

HSK 4

她是中法混血，爸爸是中国人，妈妈是法国人。

Tā shì Zhōng Fǎ hùnxuè, bàba shì Zhōngguórén, māma shì Fǎguórén.

She is half Chinese, half French: her dad is Chinese and her mum is French.

HSK 7-9

这只狗是混血，长得有点儿像金毛。

Zhè zhī gǒu shì hùnxuè, zhǎng de yǒudiǎnr xiàng jīnmáo.

This dog is a mixed breed and looks a bit like a golden retriever.

usage

混血 is the neutral word for mixed race or mixed breed. A mixed-race person is a 混血儿; the opposite, for animals, is 纯种 'purebred'.

混 hùn

血 xuè