尼哥

Chinese

		phonetic	elder brother
trad. (尼哥)		尼	哥
simp. #(尼哥)		尼	哥

Etymology

Borrowed from English nigger. 哥 (gē, “elder brother”) is probably a phono-semantic matching of English nigger.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nígē

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nígē
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níge
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-ko¹
    • Yale: ní-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nige
    • Palladius: нигэ (nigɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

尼哥

1. (Mandarin, ethnic slur, neologism) black person of African descent; negro

Synonyms

• 黑鬼 (hēiguǐ)
• 尼姐