鬼子
Chinese edit
ghost; sly; crafty | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (鬼子) | 鬼 | 子 | |
simp. #(鬼子) | 鬼 | 子 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
鬼子
- (obsolete, derogatory) cad; villain; low-bred (a swear word)
- 我父祖名播海內,寧有不知?鬼子敢爾! [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
- Wǒ fù zǔ míng bō hǎinèi, nìn yǒu bùzhī? Guǐzǐ gǎn ěr! [Pinyin]
- The fame of my ancestors has reached every corner of the earth, how could he pretend to not know? How dare he, that villain!
我父祖名播海内,宁有不知?鬼子敢尔! [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (historical, colloquial, derogatory) “foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip
Synonyms edit
- (of Japanese) 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi)
- (of Westerners) 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi)
- (of Westerners, chiefly Mandarin) 老外 (lǎowài)
- (of Westerners, chiefly Cantonese) 鬼佬 (guǐlǎo)
- (of Westerners, chiefly Hakka) 紅毛/红毛 (hóngmáo), 紅毛猴/红毛猴 (hóngmáohóu), 紅毛人/红毛人
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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鬼 | 子 |
おに Grade: S |
こ > ご Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- changeling; a child which doesn't look like its parents
- a child born with its teeth already developed