fan-kwei

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Chinese Pidgin English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2).

Noun[edit]

fan-kwei

  1. (derogatory) foreigner

References[edit]

  • Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Fan-kwei: foreign devil. (Cantonese).”
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