土番

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (土番)		土	番
simp. #(土番)		土	番

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-hoan

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/

Noun

土番

1. (Hokkien, derogatory, dated, ethnic slur) uncivilized people; primitives; uncivilized natives (especially of places where Hokkien people settled)
   1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory, dated) (Taiwanese) aborigine
2. (Hokkien) mixed breed of a Muscovy duck and a native shelduck

Synonyms

• (Taiwanese aborigine): (Hokkien) 番仔
• (mixed breed): (Hokkien) 半番, 半番鴨／半番鸭, 菜鴨／菜鸭