紅毛人

Chinese

	red hair	man; person; people
trad. (紅毛人)	紅毛	人
simp. (红毛人)	红毛	人
alternative forms	紅毛儂／红毛侬

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ mou⁴ jan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): âng-mn̂g-lâng / âng-mô͘-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ mo⁵ nang⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ mou⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: hùhng mòuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ mou⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mou⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mn̂g-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: âng-mn̂g-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angmnglaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mô͘-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: âng-môo-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angmolaang
  - IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ mɔ²³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mɔ²⁴⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang⁵ mo⁵ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng mô nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

紅毛人

(Malaysian, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) Westerner; white person
1. (dated in Xiamen Hokkien, obsolete in Cantonese) British person; English person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西方人, 西洋人, 洋人, 白人, 白種人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老外, 毛子
	Taiwan	洋人, 西洋人, 白人, 老外
	Malaysia	紅毛人
	Singapore	洋人, 外國佬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	洋人, 洋鬼子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	洋人
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	洋人
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	洋人
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	洋人, 高鼻子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	番鬼佬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洋鬼子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	西人, 老西, 老番, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 鬼子佬, 紅毛頭, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated
	Hong Kong	西人, 白人, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 老番 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白鬼 dated
	Macau	鬼佬
	Taishan	老番, 番鬼佬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老番, 番鬼, 番鬼佬, 紅毛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鬼佬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬼佬
Gan	Nanchang	洋人
	Lichuan	洋人
	Pingxiang	洋人
Hakka	Meixian	番人, 番鬼仔
	Yudu	洋人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	洋人, 西洋人, 鉤鼻公, 紅毛番
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	西洋人, 紅毛番
	Kuching (Hepo)	紅毛人
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔, 阿啄仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的, 番仔鬼
	Quanzhou	番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
	Zhangzhou	番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
	Kaohsiung	紅毛仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿啄仔
	Taichung	啄鼻仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿啄仔
	Tainan	西洋儂, 阿啄仔, 啄鼻仔
	Taitung	阿啄仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛, 紅毛猴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛, 紅毛儂, 紅毛猴
	Manila (Hokkien)	化人, 白種人, 西洋儂, 西方人
	Shantou	番儂, 紅毛囝, 番囝
	Jieyang	紅毛, 紅毛囝, 紅毛鬼
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛, 紅毛儂
	Leizhou	鉤鼻鬼
	Haikou	番鬼, 紅毛, 高鼻綠目, 高鼻塌目
Wu	Shanghai	洋人
Wu	Wenzhou	番人, 高鼻頭
Xiang	Changsha	紅毛洋人, 洋人子, 洋人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	毛	人
こう Grade: 6	もう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

紅毛(こうもう) (kōmō) + 人(じん) (-jin). Literally "red hair person".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーもーじん [kòómóꜜòjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

紅(こう)毛(もう)人(じん) • (kōmōjin)

a person from the Netherlands, a Dutch person
(later) a person of European descent, ang moh

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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