豬番

Chinese

hog; pig; swine
 
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (豬番)
simp. (猪番)

Etymology

Euphemism for 豬腸猪肠 (de1 deng5), where (deng5, intestine), homophonous to (deng5, ethnic Chinese), is replaced with its antonym (huang1, non-Chinese) (Yang, 2004).

Pronunciation


Noun

豬番

  1. (Southeast Asian Teochew) pig intestines (food)

Synonyms

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