鬼佬
Chinese
ghost; sly; crafty | man; guy | ||
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trad. (鬼佬) | 鬼 | 佬 | |
simp. #(鬼佬) | 鬼 | 佬 |
Etymology
Originally Cantonese. From the supposed resemblance of Portuguese and other European skin tones to ghosts.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guěilǎo
- Wade–Giles: kuei3-lao3
- Yale: gwěi-lǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeilao
- Palladius: гуйлао (gujlao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guěilǎor
- Wade–Giles: kuei3-lao3-ʼrh
- Yale: gwěi-lǎur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeilaol
- Palladius: гуйлаор (gujlaor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai2 lou2
- Yale: gwái lóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai2 lou2
- Guangdong Romanization: guei2 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gūi-lō̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /kui³³⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/
- (Fuzhou)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 鬼佬
- (chiefly Cantonese, Eastern Min, colloquial, derogatory, usually offensive, ethnic slur) gweilo; "foreign devil" (particularly a European); Caucasian; whitey
Usage notes
- A derogatory term for white people, particularly men, mainly in speech. Prior to the 1980s, the term was commonly prefixed in Cantonese by 死 (sei2, “damned”), with the meaning "damned ghost fucker, damned foreign devil".
- Not commonly used among Mandarin speakers.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Descendants
See also
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