鬼子

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (鬼子)		鬼	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: guǐzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    鬼仔
    鬼子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² zi²
  - Yale: gwái jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鬼子

(dated, colloquial, pejorative) “foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip

鬼子進村啦，快躲起來！ [MSC, trad.]
鬼子进村啦，快躲起来！ [MSC, simp.]
Guǐzi jìn cūn la, kuài duǒ qǐlái! [Pinyin]
The Japs have entered the village. Quick, hide yourselves!

Synonyms

(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

二鬼子 (èrguǐzi)
日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi)
東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子

洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi)
紅毛鬼子／红毛鬼子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	子
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kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [o̞ɲ̟iɡo̞]

Noun

鬼子 (hiragana おにご, rōmaji onigo)

changeling; a child, which doesn't look like parents
a child born with its teeth already developed

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