洋鬼子

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	“foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip
simp. and trad. (洋鬼子)		洋	鬼子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángguǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gwai² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yángguǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanggoei.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gwai² zi²
    • Yale: yèuhng gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ guei² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

洋鬼子

1. (dated, pejorative) white devil; “western devil”; “foreign devil” (term of abuse for Westerners)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
洋	鬼	子
よう Grade: 3	き Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 洋鬼子 (“western devil; foreign devil”). Given the history of the term, probably from written Chinese 洋鬼子.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞ːkʲiɕi]

Noun

洋鬼子 (hiragana ようきし, rōmaji yōkishi)

1. (dated, pejorative) Literally, “western devil”: term used in China to refer disparagingly to westerners.