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粵語辭叢

西人

sai1 jan4included in 3 dictionaries
sai1`53 jan4included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
sai1 jan4

對西方白人嘅別稱,因為佢哋大多都係由西而來,所以稱為西人 (westerner (mostly means Caucasian))

名詞

Examples

佢屋企請咗個西人教佢講英文。

His family hired a westerner to teach him English.

維基辭典YueWord
Jyutping:
sai1 jan4Original phonetic: /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
01

westerner

Examples

係吖、火水拿、先二十年個陣時不過有幾個西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水燈賣。

Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city.

02

a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century

Examples

上以西人為枉,南人為直,故夏鎭進說於上,請日日錯西人一人,舉南人一人

廣州話詞典(第2版): 7658CantonWord
Jyutping:
sai1 jan4Original phonetic: sei1 yen4

西方人;洋人。