番仔
Chinese
| foreign | diminutive suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (番仔) | 番 | 仔 | |
| simp. #(番仔) | 番 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
番仔
- (Northern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien; possibly derogatory) foreigner; Westerner
- A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:
- 不覺來到番邦城 番仔看見問一聲 [Teochew, trad.]
- From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板秦世美全歌 book 3
- m6 gag4 lai5 gao3 huêng1 bang1 sian5, huêng1 gian2 toin2 gin3 mung7 zêg8 sian1 [Peng'im]
- Without realizing it [he] came to a city in a foreign land; the natives saw him and asked...
不觉来到番邦城 番仔看见问一声 [Teochew, simp.]
- (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, usually derogatory) (Taiwanese) aborigine
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay person
- (Philippine Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) Filipino person of native or non-Chinese origin
- (Indonesian Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) unreasonable person
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) the Malay language
- 講番仔／讲番仔 [Hokkien] ― kóng hoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to speak Malay
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 外國人 (“foreigner”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 馬來人 (“Malay person”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬來人 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬來人 |
| Malaysia | 馬來人, 巫人 | |
| Singapore | 馬來人 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬拉人 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬拉人 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 馬拉人 | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 馬拉人 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬拉人 | |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 番囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬來儂 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 番仔 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 番仔, 番囝 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 馬來儂 | |
| Medan (Hokkien) | 番仔 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 番囝 | |
| Batam (Teochew) | 番囝 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 番囝 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 馬來語 (“the Malay language”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬來語, 馬來文 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬來語 |
| Malaysia | 馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語, 巫文, 國語, 國文 | |
| Singapore | 馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬拉話, 馬拉文 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬拉話 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬拉話 | |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 番仔話, 番仔 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 番仔話, 番仔 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 馬來話 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 番囝話 | |
Adjective
番仔
- (Northern Min, Mainland China Hokkien) foreign; originating from foreign countries
- (Taiwanese, Singapore, Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien) native (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
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