綠衣

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Chinese[edit]

green
 
gown; clothes; to dress
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
trad. (綠衣) 綠 衣
simp. (绿衣) 绿 衣

Pronunciation[edit]

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Particularly: “Taishanese”

Noun[edit]

綠衣

  1. (literary) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  2. (Hong Kong, historical) early colonial policeman
    ABCD，大頭綠衣，追賊唔到，吹BB！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    ABCD，大头绿衣，追贼唔到，吹BB！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    ei1 bi1 si1 di1, daai6 tau4 luk6 ji1, zeoi1 caak6 m4 dou3-2, ceoi1 bi1 bi1! [Jyutping]
    A-B-C-D, policeman in a turban; when he can't catch the criminal, he blows his whistle!
  3. (American (–1980) Cantonese) policeman
    • 2021, Myron Louie Lee, quoting Hazel Louie Lee, “Portland's Louie Chung (1876–1926)”, in Oregon Historical Quarterly (overall work in English), →DOI:
      " […] There, on the corner, that's where the luk yee [police] station was!"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (American (–1980) Cantonese) immigration official
    • 1999, Sarah Glasscock, Read-Aloud Plays: Immigration‎[2] (overall work in English):
      Once you convince the luk yi that you are my son and they let you into America, then you can go back to being who you really are.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Gregory Jue, quoting Dr. Thomas Wu, “In Search of Ng Ping”, in Chinese America: History and Perspectives‎[3] (overall work in English):
      The law at that time was to bar Chinese from coming and if there's any way that they can bar Chinese they would do it. Liver fluke worm is one thing, alleged paper is another thing, and then people talk about luk yee. Well, what is luk yee? Those are the immigration officials that come to arrest Chinese and after the luk yee come, we don't see the Chinese person anymore. That's why we always call, "Luk yee! Luk yee!" It's not because of police department. It's the immigration officials that wears the green garments and come to arrest us. Those are the luk yee … Those are the disclosures we used when we were young.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. postman

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 警察 (“police; police officer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 警察, 警官, 警員
Mandarin Beijing 警察, 雷子 argot
Taiwan 警察
Tianjin 警察
Tangshan 警察
Cangzhou 民警
Baoding 警察
Shijiazhuang 警察
Chifeng 警察
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 警察
Harbin 警察
Shenyang 警察
Yantai (Muping) 警察
Qingdao 警察
Jinan 警察
Luoyang 警察
Wanrong 警察
Zhengzhou 警察
Xi'an 警察
Yinchuan 警察
Lanzhou 警察
Xining 警察
Ürümqi 警察
Wuhan 警察
Chengdu 警察
Chongqing 警察
Guiyang 警察, 警士 dated, 警士先生 dated face-to-face, 貓菜 dated nickname
Kunming 警察
Guilin 警察
Liuzhou 警察, 警伯 playful
Binyang (Nanjie) 警察, 走狗 argot
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 警察
Xuzhou 警察
Yangzhou 警察
Nanjing 警察
Hefei 警察
Nantong 警察
Malaysia 警察, 馬打
Singapore 警察, 馬打 dated
Dagudi (Maliba) 警察
Reshuitang (Longling) 警察
Mae Salong (Lancang) 警察
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 警察
Cantonese Guangzhou 警察, 差人, 差佬 male, 老二 dated
Hong Kong 警察, 差人, 阿Sir male, madam female, 差佬 male, slightly derogatory, 差婆 female, slightly derogatory, 警犬 derogatory, 狗 derogatory, 龜 derogatory, 老更 dated
Taishan 警察
Dongguan 阿Sir, 差佬
Qinzhou 警察, 差佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 警察, 公安
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 警察, 公安, 差佬
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 警察
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 馬打
Singapore (Guangfu) 馬打
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 公安, 綠衣, 警察
Móng Cái 警察, 公安
Gan Lichuan 警察
Hakka Meixian 警察
Yudu 警察
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 警察
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 警察
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 警察
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 巡查, 警察
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 警察
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 巡查
Huizhou Jixi 警察
Shexian 警察
Jin Taiyuan 警察
Xinzhou 警察, 小對子 dated
Linhe 警察
Jining 警察
Hohhot 警察
Zhangjiakou 警察
Handan 警察
Eastern Min Fuzhou 警察
Fuqing 警察
Matsu 警察
Southern Min Xiamen 警察, 馬打 dated, 烏跤 dated
Quanzhou 警察
Zhangzhou 警察, 烏跤 dated
Taipei 大人
Kaohsiung 警察
Yilan 警察
Changhua (Lukang) 警察
Taichung 巡查
Taichung (Wuqi) 警察
Tainan 大人
Hsinchu 警察
Kinmen 馬打
Penghu (Magong) 大人
Penang (Hokkien) 馬打
Singapore (Hokkien) 馬打, 大狗
Manila (Hokkien) 兵, 警察
Guilin (Biyange) 警察
Chaozhou 警察
Shantou 警察
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 馬打
Singapore (Teochew) 馬打, 大狗, 大狗兄
Batam (Teochew) 馬打
Haikou 警察
Central Min Yanping (Wangtai) 警察
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 警察, 差佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 警察
Wu Shanghai 警察, 黑貓警長, 黑貓, 老貓
Shanghai (Chongming) 警察
Suzhou 警察
Danyang 警察
Ningbo 警察, 警察爛眼 derogatory
Wenzhou 警察
Jinhua 警察
Xiang Changsha 警察
Loudi 警察
Dialectal synonyms of 郵遞員 (“postman; mailman”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Beijing 郵遞員, 送信的
Taiwan 郵差, 郵務士
Tianjin 送信的, 信差
Tangshan 郵遞員, 送信的
Cangzhou 郵遞員, 郵差
Baoding 送信的, 郵差
Shijiazhuang 郵遞員, 送信的
Chifeng 郵遞員, 送信的
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 郵遞員
Harbin 郵遞員, 送信的, 郵局子 dated
Shenyang 郵遞員, 郵差
Qingdao 郵遞員兒, 送信的
Jinan 郵遞員, 郵差
Wanrong 送信的
Zhengzhou 送信的
Xi'an 郵遞員, 送信的
Yinchuan 郵遞員
Lanzhou 郵遞員, 送信的
Xining 郵遞員
Ürümqi 投遞員
Wuhan 郵遞員
Chengdu 郵遞員, 郵差
Chongqing 郵遞員, 郵差
Guiyang 郵遞員, 郵差
Kunming 郵遞員
Guilin 郵遞員
Liuzhou 郵遞員, 郵差 dated
Xuzhou 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信的
Yangzhou 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信的
Nanjing 郵差, 送信的
Hefei 郵遞員
Nantong 送信的
Singapore 郵差
Cantonese Guangzhou 郵差, 信差
Hong Kong 郵差, 信差
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 送信仔個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 送信仔個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 送信仔個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 送信個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 送信仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 送批個
Huizhou Shexian 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信唉
Jin Taiyuan 送信的, 郵差
Xinzhou 送信的
Linhe 郵遞員
Jining 送信的
Hohhot 郵遞員, 郵差
Handan 郵遞員, 送信的
Northern Min Jian'ou 郵差 dated
Eastern Min Fuzhou 郵政差 dated
Matsu 郵差
Southern Min Xiamen 分批的
Yilan 提批的
Chaozhou 分信員
Shantou 分信員
Jieyang 分信員
Leizhou 信差 dated
Wu Shanghai 郵遞員, 郵差 dated
Danyang 送信格
Wenzhou 信差, 郵差 dated

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎[4]: “For instance, 綠衣／绿衣 (lǜyī) (CC) luhk-yi is a policeman in America, but to a person from Hong Kong or Taiwan, it would be a postman.”
  • Frank Chin (1998) Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays‎[5]: “And luk yee for policeman is from Hong Kong because the police there wear green, right?”
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