鬼子

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Chinese

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ghost; sly; crafty
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (鬼子)
simp. #(鬼子)
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (13)
Final () (21) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjw+jX tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʉiX/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɨiX/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuəiX/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kujX/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/kiuəiX/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/kĭwəiX/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwe̯iX/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai2 zi2

Noun

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鬼子

  1. (obsolete, derogatory) cad; villain; low-bred (a swear word)
  2. (historical, colloquial, derogatory)foreign devil”, often in reference to an intruder, especially the Japanese: Jap; Nip
    鬼子起來 [MSC, trad.]
    鬼子起来 [MSC, simp.]
    Guǐzi jìn cūn la, kuài duǒ qǐlái! [Pinyin]
    The Japs have entered the village. Quick, hide yourselves!

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おに
Grade: S
こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

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Noun

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(おに)() (onigo

  1. changeling; a child which doesn't look like its parents
  2. a child born with its teeth already developed