番仔

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Chinese[edit]

foreign diminutive suffix
trad. (番仔)
simp. #(番仔)

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

番仔

  1. (Northern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien; possibly derogatory) foreigner; Westerner
  2. A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:
    1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, usually derogatory) (Taiwanese) aborigine
    2. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay person
    3. (Philippine Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) Filipino person of native or non-Chinese origin
    4. (Indonesian Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) unreasonable person
  4. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) the Malay language
    番仔番仔 [Hokkien]  ―  kóng hoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to speak Malay

Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

番仔

  1. (Northern Min, Mainland China Hokkien) foreign; originating from foreign countries
  2. (Taiwanese, Singapore, Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien) native (originating from the native peoples before ethnic Chinese migration/settlement, especially the Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups and sometimes the Negritos, Orang Asli, and sometimes by extension, the Filipino mestizos and Peranakans (Baba-Nyonya))

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: huana
  • Tagalog: Huwana