日本鬼子

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	cad; villain; low-bred
trad. (日本鬼子)		日本	鬼子
simp. #(日本鬼子)		日本	鬼子
Literally: “Japanese devil”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rìběn guǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² gwai² zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ji̍t-pún kúi-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rìběn guǐzi [Phonetic: rìbénguǐzi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rìhběn guěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-pên³ kuei³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: R̀-běn gwěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhbeen goei.tzy
    • Palladius: Жибэнь гуйцзы (Žibɛnʹ gujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² gwai² zi²
    • Yale: yaht bún gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² guei² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ji̍t-pún kúi-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Ji̍t-pún kuí-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpuon kuyzuo
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /d͡zit̚¹⁴⁻³³ pun⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

日本鬼子

1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) a Japanese (person), Jap (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

Synonyms

• 倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
• 倭夷 (literary)
• 倭奴 (pejorative)
• 倭子 (literary)
• 倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
• 日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
• 日本人 (rìběnrén)
• 本子 (běnzi) (pejorative, slang, mainland China)
• 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
• 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
• 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
• 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)