番仔

番仔

1. (Min Bei, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien, possibly derogatory) foreigner; Westerner
2. A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:

   不覺來到番邦城　番仔看見問一聲 [Teochew, trad.]
   不觉来到番邦城　番仔看见问一声 [Teochew, simp.]

   From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板秦世美全歌 book 3

   m⁶ gag⁴ lai⁵ gao³ huêng¹ bang¹ sian⁵, huêng¹ gian² toin² gin³ mung⁷ zêg⁸ sian¹ [Peng'im]

   Without realizing it [he] came to a city in a foreign land; the natives saw him and asked...

   1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, dated, derogatory) (Taiwanese) aborigine
   2. (Malaysia and Singapore Hokkien) Malay person
   3. (Philippines Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) native Filipino person
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory) unreasonable person
4. (Malaysia and Singapore Hokkien) the Malay language

   講番仔／讲番仔 [Hokkien]  ―  kóng hoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to speak Malay

• The Philippine Hokkien term may extend to any Filipino who is not or does not identify as Chinese Filipino (Chinoy), especially Filipinos of pure or majority ethnic Austronesian descent, such as ethnic Tagalogs, Bisayas, Ilocanos, Bicolanos, Pampangos, Pangasinenses, Maranaos, Tausugs, Igorots, Lumads, etc., although the definition also fits some Filipino Mestizos (e.g. Spanish Mestizos or Chinese Mestizos & Tornatras who were not raised as nor identify as Chinoy), Negrito Filipinos, Spanish Filipinos, Japanese Filipinos, Indian Filipinos, Korean Filipinos, Iranian Filipinos, Jewish Filipinos, etc., especially if the Philippine Hokkien speaker is not personally familiar with the subject's ethnic background, which is a common situation unless the person specifically identified themselves as Chinese Filipino as well.

番仔

1. (Min Bei, Hokkien) foreign; originating from foreign countries