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鬼子

guǐ zi

2-character word

What 鬼子 means

1. devil (derog. term for foreign invaders)
2. (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip

The characters in 鬼子

• 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words containing 鬼子

• 洋鬼子yáng guǐ ziforeign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
• 假洋鬼子jiǎ yáng guǐ zi(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
• 日本鬼子Rì běn guǐ ziJapanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
• 东洋鬼子Dōng yáng guǐ zi(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
• 二鬼子èr guǐ zitraitor; collaborator with the enemy