蘿蔔頭
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Chinese
[edit]| radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蘿蔔頭) | 蘿蔔 | 頭 | |
| simp. (萝卜头) | 萝卜 | 头 | |
| Literally: “radish head”. | |||
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊tóu
- Wade–Giles: lo2-po5-tʻou2
- Yale: lwó-bwo-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.botour
- Palladius: лоботоу (lobotou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lo4 baak6 tau4
- Yale: lòh baahk tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lo4 baak9 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: lo4 bag6 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔː²¹ paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]蘿蔔頭
- (Mandarin, colloquial, humorous) kid; child
- (Cantonese, derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese person; Jap
Synonyms
[edit]- (Japanese person):
- 倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
- 倭夷 (literary)
- 倭奴 (pejorative)
- 倭子 (literary)
- 倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
- 日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
- 日本人 (rìběnrén)
- 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi) (pejorative)
- 本子 (běnzi) (pejorative, slang, mainland China)
- 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
- 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
- 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
- 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 倭人, 倭子, 倭夷 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 日本人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 日本人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 日本人 |
| Wuhan | 老東 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 東洋人 |
| Mandarin | Malaysia | 日本人 |
| Singapore | 日本人 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭 |
| Hong Kong | 日本人, 日本仔, 蘿蔔頭, 㗎頭, 㗎仔 male, 㗎佬 male, 㗎妹 female | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 日本仔 | |
| Dongguan | 㗎佬 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 日本人 | |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 日本人 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 日本佬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 日本儂 |
| Quanzhou | 日本儂 | |
| Jinjiang | 日本儂 | |
| Zhangzhou | 日本儂 | |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 日本儂 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿本仔 | |
| Yilan | 日本儂 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 日本儂 | |
| Taichung | 日本儂 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 日本儂 | |
| Tainan | 東洋儂, 阿本仔, 臭狗仔 | |
| Taitung | 阿本仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 日本儂 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 日本儂 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 日本仔 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 日本儂 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 日本仔, 日本儂 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 日本儂 | |
| Tunchang | 日本囝 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 日本囝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 日本人, 東洋人 |
| Danyang | 東洋人 | |
| Hangzhou | 東洋人 | |
| Wenzhou | 東洋人 | |
| Jinhua | 日本佬 | |