鬼婆

鬼婆

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (鬼婆)		鬼	婆
Literally: “ghost woman”.

Etymology

Variation on the more common masculine term 鬼佬 (guǐlǎo, “gweilo”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² po⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǐpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeipor
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² po⁴
    • Yale: gwái pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² po⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰɔː²¹/

Noun

鬼婆

1. (Cantonese, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) older Caucasian woman; gweipo

Usage notes

An (originally) derogatory term used by Cantonese speakers to refer specifically to an (older) white woman. It has come into common usage and has increasingly reduced its derogatory edge.

See also

• 鬼佬 (guǐlǎo)
• 鬼子 (guǐzi)
• 鬼仔
• 鬼妹 (guǐmèi)
• 白鬼 (báiguǐ)
• 黑鬼 (hēiguǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	婆
おに Grade: S	ばば Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

鬼婆 (hiragana おにばば, rōmaji onibaba)

1. hag, nasty old woman