Talk:鬼仔

This wouldn't happen to be pejorative, would it? Kappa 22:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be a question best posed to a native Cantonese speaker. Unfortunately, we are short on those at the moment.  If you're really curious, you could try posting a question at the Cantodict forum.  -- A-cai 23:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It's probably related to gweilo. 131.123.231.143 02:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

RFV discussion: July 2020–February 2021
Rfv-sense: an ethnic Chinese boy who only speaks English. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 19:16, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I definitely remember it being used as a sort-of insult in a Chinese restaurant in Australia, when the server referred to a primary-school aged ethnic Chinese boy who only spoke English but not Cantonese as 鬼仔. The dog2 (talk) 19:21, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * (1) Remembering something isn't proof (especially when you're not a native speaker). (2) The definition seems too specific. While English is the most salient foreign language to Cantonese speakers, it's unlikely that 鬼仔 is only about speaking English. It seems to be more of a term used figuratively to describe someone of Chinese descent who has grown up in Western society, i.e. someone who is whitewashed. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 21:08, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the sense I got was that it is similar to the using the term "banana" to refer to someone of Chinese descent raised in the West who does not speak any variety of Chinese. Most often, it applies to one from an ethnic Chinese from an English-speaking country, but I guess it could also in theory also refer to a French or German person of Chinese descent. The dog2 (talk) 21:25, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * RFV deleted. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 03:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)