番仔鬼
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]foreigner; Westerner | ghost; sly; crafty | ||
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trad. (番仔鬼) | 番仔 | 鬼 | |
simp. #(番仔鬼) | 番仔 | 鬼 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-kúi
- Tâi-lô: huan-á-kuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'afkuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
[edit]番仔鬼
- (Xiamen Hokkien, derogatory, ethnic slur) white devil; Western devil; foreign devil (term of abuse for Westerners)