Chinese

Noun

鬼佬

1. (chiefly Cantonese, colloquial, pejorative, usually offensive) Gweilo, "foreign devil"; (chiefly) "whitey", a European, a Caucasian.

Usage notes

A derogatory term for white people, particularly men, mainly in speech. Prior to the 1980s, the term was commonly prefixed in Cantonese by 死 ‎(sei2, “death; damned”), with the meaning "damned ghost ****, damned foreign devil".

Synonyms

• 老外 (lǎowài)
• 西人 (xīrén)

Related terms

• 鬼子 (guǐzi)
• 鬼婆 (guǐpó)
• 鬼仔 (guǐzi)
• 鬼妹 (guǐmèi)
• 白鬼 (báiguǐ)
• 黑鬼 (hēiguǐ)

See also

• (Min Nan) 阿斲仔