鬼子

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (鬼子)		鬼	子
simp. #(鬼子)		鬼	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei.tzy
    • Palladius: гуйцзы (gujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² zi²
    • Yale: gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuyzuo
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /kui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡su⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjw+jX tsiX

Rime
Character	鬼	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居偉切	即里切
Baxter	kjw+jX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉiX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɨiX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuəiX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kujX/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/kiuəiX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/kĭwəiX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwe̯iX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai2	zi2

Noun

鬼子

1. (obsolete, derogatory) cad; villain; low-bred (a swear word)

   • 我父祖名播海內，寧有不知？鬼子敢爾！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     我父祖名播海内，宁有不知？鬼子敢尔！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Wǒ fù zǔ míng bō hǎinèi, nìn yǒu bùzhī? Guǐzǐ gǎn ěr! [Pinyin]

     The fame of my ancestors has reached every corner of the earth, how could he pretend to not know? How dare he, that villain!

2. (historical, colloquial, derogatory) “foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip

   鬼子進村啦，快躲起來！ [MSC, trad.]
   鬼子进村啦，快躲起来！ [MSC, simp.]

   Guǐzi jìn cūn la, kuài duǒ qǐlái! [Pinyin]

   The Japs have entered the village. Quick, hide yourselves!

Synonyms

• (of Japanese) 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi)
• (of Westerners) 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi)
• (of Westerners, chiefly Mandarin) 老外 (lǎowài)
• (of Westerners, chiefly Cantonese) 鬼佬 (guǐlǎo)
• (of Westerners, chiefly Hakka) 紅毛／红毛 (hóngmáo), 紅毛猴／红毛猴 (hóngmáohóu), 紅毛人／红毛人

Derived terms

• 二鬼子 (èrguǐzi)
• 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi)
• 東洋鬼子 / 东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi)
• 法國鬼子 / 法国鬼子
• 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi)
• 紅毛鬼子 / 红毛鬼子
• 英國鬼子 / 英国鬼子

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	子
おに Grade: S	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ɲ̟iɡo̞]

Noun

鬼(おに)子(ご) • (onigo) 

1. changeling; a child which doesn't look like its parents
2. a child born with its teeth already developed