二鬼子

Chinese

		two	cad; villain; low-bred
trad. (二鬼子)		二	鬼子
simp. #(二鬼子)		二	鬼子
Literally: “the second guizi (devils)”.

Etymology

In Manchukuo, Japanese were called 鬼子 (guǐzi), and the Koreans who helped the Japanese control native people were called 二鬼子. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese who helped the Japanese were also called 二鬼子.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrguǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ gwai² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrguǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrguěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-kuei³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: èr-gwěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellgoei.tzy
    • Palladius: эргуйцзы (ergujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ gwai² zi²
    • Yale: yih gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ guei² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

二鬼子

1. (historical, derogatory) Chinese traitors during the Second Sino-Japanese War

   他在抗戰時期當過二鬼子。 [MSC, trad.]
   他在抗战时期当过二鬼子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zài kàngzhàn shíqī dāng guò èrguǐzi. [Pinyin]

   He was a traitor during the Anti-Japanese War.

2. (historical, derogatory) pro-Japanese Koreans in Manchukuo