蘿蔔頭

简 萝卜头 · 繁 蘿蔔頭
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglo4 baak6 tau4

Meanings

  1. an offensive slang for a Japanese person; literally 'carrot head'
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Same syllable, six tones

baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: luo2 bo5 tou2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lo4 baak6 tau4

Cantonese word readings for 蘿蔔頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (Mandarin, colloquial, humorous) kid; child
  2. (Cantonese, derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese person; Jap

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Exact source record & identity蘿蔔頭 萝卜头 [luo2 bo5 tou2] {lo4 baak6 tau4} /an offensive slang for a Japanese person; literally 'carrot head'/

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