倭寇

Chinese

		Japanese	bandit
trad. (倭寇)		倭	寇
simp. #(倭寇)		倭	寇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ kau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wokòu
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: wō-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uokow
    • Palladius: вокоу (vokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ kau³
    • Yale: wō kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/

Noun

倭寇

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)
2. (ethnic slur) Japanese person

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倭寇):

• → Japanese: 倭(わ)寇(こう) (wakō)
• → Korean: 왜구(倭寇) (waegu)
• → Vietnamese: Nụy Khấu (倭寇)

See also

• 流寇 (liúkòu)
• 日寇 (rìkòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	寇
わ Jinmeiyō	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 倭 (wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 (kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

Noun

倭(わ)寇(こう) • (wakō) 

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

Korean

Hanja in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇 • (waegu) (hangeul 왜구)

1. Hanja form^? of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇

1. chữ Hán form of Nụy Khấu (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).