洋鬼子
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Chinese
| ocean; foreign | cad; villain; low-bred | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (洋鬼子) | 洋 | 鬼子 | |
| simp. #(洋鬼子) | 洋 | 鬼子 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng4 gwai2 zi2
- Jin (Wiktionary): ion1 gui2 zeh
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ-kúi-chú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yángguěizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: yang2-kuei3-tzŭ5
- Yale: yáng-gwěi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanggoei.tzy
- Palladius: янгуйцзы (jangujczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: joeng4 gwai2 zi2
- Yale: yèuhng gwái jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: joeng4 gwai2 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yêng4 guei2 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ion1 gui2 zeh
- Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /iɒ̃¹¹ kuei⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-kúi-chú
- Tâi-lô: iûnn-kuí-tsú
- Phofsit Daibuun: viu'kuyzuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /iũ²⁴⁻²² kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
洋鬼子
- (dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) white devil; Western devil; foreign devil (term of abuse for Westerners)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 外國人 (“foreigner”)
Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 洋 | 鬼 | 子 |
| よう Grade: 3 |
き Grade: S |
し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
From Sinitic 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “western devil; foreign devil”). Given the history of the term, probably from written Chinese 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (dated, derogatory) Literally, “western devil”: term used in China to refer disparagingly to westerners.