番仔

番仔

1. (Northern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien; dated in Meixian Hakka; possibly derogatory) foreigner; Westerner
2. A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:

   • 不覺來到番邦城　番仔看見問一聲 [Teochew, trad.]
     不觉来到番邦城　番仔看见问一声 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板秦世美全歌 book 3

     m⁶ gag⁴ lai⁵ gao³ huêng¹ bang¹ sian⁵, huêng¹ gian² toin² gin³ mung⁷ zêg⁸ sian¹ [Peng'im]

     Without realizing it came to a city in a foreign land; the natives saw him and asked...

   1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, usually derogatory) (Taiwanese) aborigine
   2. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay person
   3. (Philippine Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) Filipino person of native or non-Chinese origin
   4. (Indonesian Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) unreasonable person
4. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) the Malay language

   講番仔／讲番仔 [Hokkien]  ―  kóng hoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to speak Malay

• (Taiwanese aborigine): (Hokkien) 土番

番仔

1. (Northern Min, Mainland China Hokkien) foreign; originating from foreign countries
2. (Taiwanese, Singapore, Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien) native; inlander; indigenous (originating from the native peoples before ethnic Chinese migration/settlement, especially the Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups and sometimes the Negritos, Orang Asli, and sometimes by extension, the Filipino mestizos and Peranakans (Baba-Nyonya))

• → Indonesian: huana
• → Tagalog: Huwana