日本鬼子

日本鬼子

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	“foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip
simp. and trad. (日本鬼子)		日本	鬼子
Literally: “Japanese devil”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rìběn guǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² gwai² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Rìběn guǐzi [Phonetic: rìbénguǐzi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhbeen goei.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² gwai² zi²
    • Yale: yaht bún gwái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² gwai² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² guei² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

日本鬼子

1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) a Japanese (person), Jap (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)