倭寇

倭寇

Chinese

		Japanese	bandit
simp. and trad. (倭寇)		倭	寇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ kau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wōkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uokow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wokòu
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ kau³
    • Yale: wō kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ keo³
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/

Noun

倭寇

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

See also

• 流寇 (liúkòu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	寇
わ Jinmeiyō	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 倭 (wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 (kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

Noun

倭寇 (hiragana わこう, rōmaji wakō)

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇 • (waegu) (hangeul 왜구)

1. Hanja form^? of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇

1. Hán tự form of Nụy Khấu (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).