洋鬼子

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	cad; villain; low-bred
trad. (洋鬼子)		洋	鬼子
simp. #(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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángguǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángguěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-kuei³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yáng-gwěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanggoei.tzy
    • Palladius: янгуйцзы (jangujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gwai² zi²
    • Yale: yèuhng gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ guei² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 洋鬼子

1. (dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “western devil; foreign devil”). Given the history of the term, probably from written (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi).

Noun

洋(よう)鬼(き)子(し) • (yōkishi) 

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