fan-kwei

Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2).

Noun

fan-kwei

1. (derogatory) foreigner

References

• Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Fan-kwei: foreign devil. (Cantonese).”