化人

Chinese

Etymology 1
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 man; person; people
trad. (化人) 化 人
simp. #(化人) 化 人
anagram 人化

Pronunciation

Noun

化人

  1. (obsolete, Classical) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 2
phonetic
trad. (化人) 化 人
simp. #(化人) 化 人
anagram 人化

Possibly ultimately from Old French franc through Persian فرنگ (farang, “Frank; French; European; Christian”). Compare Urdu فرنگی (farangī~firangī), Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī, “foreigner”), Burmese ဘရင်ဂျီ (bha.ranggyi, “Roman Catholic; Caucasian especially Portuguese”), Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “westerner”), Thai English farang (“western foreigner (in Thailand)”), Lao ຝະລັ່ງ (fa lang, “Frenchman; white foreigner”), Khmer បារាំង (baarang, “Frenchman; European”), Malay Peringgi (“Portuguese”) as in Batu Ferringhi, Vietnamese phật lăng (“franc”), Cantonese 佛郎機／佛郎机 (fat6 long4 gei1), Mandarin 佛郎機／佛郎机 (fólángjī),[1] Hokkien 番人 (hoan-lâng, “foreigner”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

化人

  1. (Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien, archaic, historical) Spaniard
    Synonym: 西班牙人
  2. (Philippine Hokkien, dated) white person; Caucasian; westerner; ang moh (person of European descent usually with white skin complexion, especially white Caucasian Americans)
    Synonyms: 紅毛／红毛, 白種人／白种人, 西方人, 西洋儂／西洋侬 (xīyángrén)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 西方人 (“Westerner; Caucasian”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 西方人, 西洋人, 洋人, 白人, 白種人
Mandarin Beijing 老外, 毛子
Taiwan 洋人, 西洋人, 白人, 老外
Jinan 洋人, 洋鬼子
Wanrong 洋人
Xi'an 洋人
Lanzhou 洋人
Wuhan 洋人, 高鼻子
Liuzhou 番鬼佬
Nanjing 洋鬼子
Singapore 洋人, 外國佬
Cantonese Guangzhou 西人, 老西, 老番, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 鬼子佬, 紅毛頭, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated
Hong Kong 西人, 白人, 鬼佬, 番鬼佬, 老番 dated, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白鬼 dated
Macau 鬼佬
Taishan 老番, 番鬼佬
Kaiping (Chikan) 老番, 番鬼, 番鬼佬, 紅毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鬼佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 鬼佬
Gan Nanchang 洋人
Lichuan 洋人
Pingxiang 洋人
Hakka Meixian 番人, 番鬼仔
Yudu 洋人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 洋人, 西洋人, 鉤鼻公, 紅毛番
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 洋人, 西洋人, 阿啄仔, 鉤鼻仔, 紅毛番
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 西洋人, 紅毛番
Southern Min Xiamen 番仔, 阿啄仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的, 番仔鬼
Quanzhou 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
Zhangzhou 番仔, 紅毛番, 𧺤毛的
Kaohsiung 紅毛仔
Changhua (Lukang) 阿啄仔
Taichung 啄鼻仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿啄仔
Tainan 西洋儂, 阿啄仔, 啄鼻仔
Taitung 阿啄仔
Penang (Hokkien) 紅毛, 紅毛猴
Singapore (Hokkien) 紅毛, 紅毛儂, 紅毛猴
Manila (Hokkien) 西方人, 西洋儂, 白種人, 化人 dated
Shantou 番儂, 紅毛囝, 番囝
Jieyang 紅毛, 紅毛囝, 紅毛鬼
Singapore (Teochew) 紅毛, 紅毛儂
Leizhou 鉤鼻鬼
Haikou 番鬼, 紅毛, 高鼻綠目, 高鼻塌目
Wu Shanghai 洋人
Wenzhou 番人, 高鼻頭
Xiang Changsha 紅毛洋人, 洋人子, 洋人

Adjective

化人

  1. (Philippine Hokkien, archaic, historical) Spanish
Derived terms
  • 化人筆／化人笔

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:化人.

References
  1. Batchelor, Robert (2013 January 24) “The Selden Map Rediscovered: A Chinese Map of East Asian Shipping Routes, c.1619”, in The International Journal for the History of Cartography‎, volume 65, number 1
  2. Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 213; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
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