番邦

Chinese

 
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
a state; country or nation
trad. (番邦)
simp. #(番邦)

Pronunciation


Noun

番邦

  1. (chiefly Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, dated) foreign country (especially from Southeast Asia)
    不覺來到番邦 番仔看見一聲 [Teochew, trad.]
    不觉来到番邦 番仔看见一声 [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...

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