棒子
Chinese
a stick; club or cudgel; smart a stick; club or cudgel; smart; capable; strong |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (棒子) |
棒 | 子 | |
Etymology
The origin of the sense “Korean person” is a matter of debate. A similar use was attested in the 17–18th century book Liaozuo Travelogue (《遼左見聞錄》), where it referred to the "Koreans born of illegitimate affairs between officials and prostitutes", who were discriminated against by the populace. Hence compare Korean 백정 (白丁, baekjeong, “former outcast group in Korea”). The 1751 book The Picture Album of Subordinate Peoples of the Qing Dynasty (《皇清職貢圖》) noted 高麗棒子／高丽棒子 (Gāolí bàngzi, “Goryeo bangzi”) as a colloquial name for Koreans. See the Wikipedia pages Gaoli bangzi and 高麗棒子 (Gāolí bàngzi) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
棒子
- club; stick (short and thick)
- (dialectal Mandarin) corn; maize
- (Taiwan, figurative) particular duty or responsibility; baton
- (Northeastern Mandarin) bottle
- (dialectal Mandarin, derogatory) foreigner or someone of a particular occupation
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Korean person; kimchi
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 玉米 (“corn; maize”) [map]
- (bottle):
Dialectal synonyms of 瓶子 (“bottle”) [map]
Derived terms
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瓶 (“classifier for bottles”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓶 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 瓶, 瓶兒 |
| Taiwan | 瓶 | |
| Harbin | 棒兒, 棒子 | |
| Jinan | 瓶 | |
| Xi'an | 瓶 | |
| Wuhan | 瓶 | |
| Chengdu | 瓶 | |
| Yangzhou | 瓶 | |
| Hefei | 瓶 | |
| Singapore | 瓶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 樽 |
| Hong Kong | 樽 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 樽 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 樽 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 罌 | |
| Taishan | 樽 | |
| Yangjiang | 樽 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瓶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 罌, 罐 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 罌, 樽 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 罌, 罐 | |
| Hong Kong | 樽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 瓶 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 瓶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 瓶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矸 |
| Quanzhou | 矸 | |
| Jinjiang | 矸 | |
| Zhangzhou | 矸 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 瓿瓵, 罐 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 矸 | |
| Chaozhou | 樽 | |
| Shantou | 樽 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 罐 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 瓶 |
| Suzhou | 瓶 | |
| Wenzhou | 瓶 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 瓶 |
| Shuangfeng | 瓶 | |
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