Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• Intsik gwakang, kaon, kalibang!
• Insik wákang, káun, kalibang!

Etymology

From Insik (“Chinese”) + wakang (“ethnic slur expression used to tease Chinese”) + kaon (“to eat”) + kalibang (“to defecate”).

Literally, “Chinese (laborer), I work, eat, and shit!”. Also rhyming as a doggerel. Likely used during the late 1800s in the Late Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines, when opium dens were rampant and many overseas Chinese migrants worked as low-wage laborers. Compare with Tagalog Intsik beho, tulo laway!

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: In‧sik wa‧kang, ka‧on, ka‧li‧bang
• IPA^(key): /ˌʔinsik ˌwakaŋ ˌkaon kaˈlibaŋ/ [ˌʔin̪.s̪ɪk ˌwa.kɐŋ ˌka.on̪ kɐˈl̪i.bɐŋ]

Phrase

Insik wákang, káon, kalibang!

1. (ethnic slur, slang, derogatory, offensive, dated) A doggerel used to tease or insult a Chinese person or Filipinos of Chinese descent.

Usage notes

• Usage is usually particularly offensive or provocative as a derogatory ethnic slur doggerel from its crude or pejorative connotations in the past, especially to Chinese Filipinos.

Derived terms

• Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang, kaon, kalibang! (“Chinese (laborer), I work, pose like a pig, eat, and shit!”)
• Insik wakang!
• wákang insik, tsíbay!
• wakang!
• Tsekwa

Related terms

• Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang!

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1]