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番仔

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Chinese

More information foreign, diminutive suffix ...

Etymology

Compare 番囝.

Pronunciation


Noun

番仔

  1. (Northern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien; dated in Meixian Hakka; possibly derogatory) foreigner; Westerner
  2. A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:
    1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, usually derogatory) (Taiwanese) aborigine
    2. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay person
    3. (Philippine Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) Filipino person of native or non-Chinese origin
    4. (Indonesian Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) unreasonable person
  4. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) the Malay language
    番仔番仔 [Hokkien]   kóng hoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to speak Malay

Synonyms

  • (Taiwanese aborigine): (Hokkien) 土番

Adjective

番仔

  1. (Northern Min, Mainland China Hokkien) foreign; originating from foreign countries
  2. (Taiwanese, Singapore, Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien) native; inlander; indigenous (originating from the native peoples before ethnic Chinese migration/settlement, especially the Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups and sometimes the Negritos, Orang Asli, and sometimes by extension, the Filipino mestizos and Peranakans (Baba-Nyonya))

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: huana
  • Tagalog: Huwana
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