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番仔

Pronunciation: /fan²⁴ e³¹/

“番仔” is a Chinese word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. foreigner; Westerner
  2. A native in a land where ethnic Chinese people historically immigrated to
  3. (Taiwanese) aborigine
  4. Malay person
  5. Filipino person of native or non-Chinese origin
  6. Indonesian person of native origin; pribumi
  7. unreasonable person
  8. the Malay language

adjective

  1. foreign (originating from foreign countries)
  2. native; indigenous (originating from the native peoples before ethnic Chinese migration/settlement, especially the Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups and sometimes the Negritos, Orang Asli)

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