番囝
Chinese
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name |
child | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (番囝) | 番 | 囝 | |
| simp. #(番囝) | 番 | 囝 | |
Etymology
Compare 番仔.
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): huăng-giāng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang1 gyor3 / huong1 gyann3
- Southern Min
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: huang1 gyor3 [Phonetic: huang5 ngyor3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huang-giô̤ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋyɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: huong1 gyann3 [Phonetic: huong5 ngya3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (k-)ŋya³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-kiáⁿ
- Tâi-lô: huan-kiánn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoankviar
- IPA (Singapore): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huang1 gian2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang kiáⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
Noun
番囝
- (Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Guangdong Teochew) foreigner, especially a Westerner
- A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:
- (Singapore Hokkien and Teochew, regional Malaysia Eastern Min) Malay person
- (Singapore Hokkien) child of Malay descent
- (Thai Teochew) ethnic Thai person
- (Indonesian Teochew) Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
- (Hainanese, dated) Southeast Asian male
- (Singapore Hokkien and Teochew, regional Malaysia Eastern Min) Malay person
- (Puxian Min, by extension) a person who is unscrupulous, blackmailing, or dishonest
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 | |
| Northeastern 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 | |
Derived terms
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “番囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 291.