白人

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(白人) 		白 人
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Etymology 1

Calque of English white person.

Pronunciation

Noun

白人

  1. white person; Caucasian
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 西方人, 西洋人, 洋人, 白人, 白種人
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 老外, 毛子
Taiwan 洋人, 西洋人, 白人, 老外
Malaysia 紅毛人
Singapore 洋人, 外國佬
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 洋人, 洋鬼子
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 洋人
Xi'an 洋人
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 洋人
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 洋人, 高鼻子
Liuzhou 番鬼佬
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 洋鬼子
Cantonese Guangzhou 西人, 老西, 老番, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 鬼子佬, 紅毛頭, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated
Hong Kong 西人, 白人, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 老番 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白鬼 dated
Macau 鬼佬
Taishan 老番, 番鬼佬
Kaiping (Chikan) 老番, 番鬼, 番鬼佬, 紅毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鬼佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 鬼佬
Gan Nanchang 洋人
Lichuan 洋人
Pingxiang 洋人
Hakka Meixian 番人, 番鬼仔
Yudu 洋人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 洋人, 西洋人, 鉤鼻公, 紅毛番
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 西洋人, 紅毛番
Kuching (Hepo) 紅毛人
Southern Min Xiamen 番仔, 阿啄仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的, 番仔鬼
Quanzhou 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
Zhangzhou 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
Kaohsiung 紅毛仔
Changhua (Lukang) 阿啄仔
Taichung 啄鼻仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿啄仔
Tainan 西洋儂, 阿啄仔, 啄鼻仔
Taitung 阿啄仔
Penang (Hokkien) 紅毛, 紅毛猴
Singapore (Hokkien) 紅毛, 紅毛儂, 紅毛猴
Manila (Hokkien) 化人, 白種人, 西洋儂, 西方人
Shantou 番儂, 紅毛囝, 番囝
Jieyang 紅毛, 紅毛囝, 紅毛鬼
Singapore (Teochew) 紅毛, 紅毛儂
Leizhou 鉤鼻鬼
Haikou 番鬼, 紅毛, 高鼻綠目, 高鼻塌目
Wu Shanghai 洋人
Wenzhou 番人, 高鼻頭
Xiang Changsha 紅毛洋人, 洋人子, 洋人
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

白人

  1. (archaic) Bai people
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 人
はく
Grade: 1 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
 白人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

白 (haku, “white”) +‎ 人 (jin, “person”)

Pronunciation

Noun

白(はく)人(じん) • (hakujin) 

  1. a white person
    Synonyms: 白色人種 (hakushoku jinshu), 白人種 (hakujinshu), コーカソイド (kōkasoido)
    Coordinate terms: 黄人 (kōjin), 黒人 (kokujin)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白人

Noun

白人 • (baegin) (hangeul 백인)

  1. hanja form? of 백인 (“white person”)
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