大陸妹
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Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
continent; landmass; mainland | younger sister | ||
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trad. (大陸妹) | 大陸 | 妹 | |
simp. (大陆妹) | 大陆 | 妹 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
大陸妹
- (slightly derogatory) girl from Mainland China
Etymology 2[edit]
continent; landmass; mainland | lettuce | ||
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trad. (大陸妹) | 大陸 | 妹 | |
simp. (大陆妹) | 大陆 | 妹 |
妹 (mèi) is a phono-semantic matching of Hokkien 萵/莴 (meh) as in 萵仔菜/莴仔菜 (meh-á-chhài), also written as 妹仔菜.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
大陸妹
- (Taiwan, potentially offensive) Fushan lettuce
Usage notes[edit]
This term, while usually neutral, may sound offensive to Mainlanders because of its apparent meaning (Etymology 1). In 2018, the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China published a post on Facebook to proscribe the use of this term in favour of 福山萵苣/福山莴苣 (Fúshān wōjù) and other alternatives.[1]