黑鬼

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (黑鬼)		黑	鬼
simp. #(黑鬼)		黑	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēiguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gwai², haak¹ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēiguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heiguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-kuei³
    • Yale: hēi-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heigoei
    • Palladius: хэйгуй (xɛjguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ gwai², haak¹ gwai²
    • Yale: hāk gwái, hāak gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gwai², haak⁷ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ guei², hag¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

黑鬼

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) black devil; nigger (a derogatory term for a person with dark skin (e.g. an African-American))

   • 打倒黑鬼 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1989, Nanjing anti-African protests

     dǎdǎo hēiguǐ [Pinyin]

     beat the black devils

See also

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 烏鬼／乌鬼 (o͘-kúi)