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Jyutping joeng4 jan4
Pinyin yáng rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. foreigner
  2. Westerner
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    對​西方​白人​嘅​別​稱​,​因​為​佢​哋​大多​都​係​渡洋​而​來​,​所以​稱為​洋人
    Caucasian
    • 佢屋企請咗個洋人教佢講英文。
      佢屋企请咗个洋人教佢讲英文。
      keoi5 uk1 kei2 ceng2 zo2 go3 joeng4 jan4 gaau3 keoi5 gong2 jing1 man2.
      His family hired a foreign native speaker to teach him English.
  2. 近義詞
    西人、西方人、西洋人、鬼佬
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    foreigner (especially a westerner or Caucasian)
    (syn.) 老外, 白人, 洋人, 外地儂, 外人, 西洋儂, 西洋人, 外國佬兒, 洋鬼子, 西方人, 毛子, 紅毛 dated, 紅毛猴, 外國儂, 鬼佬, Terms that include 鬼 and/or 番 are potentially derogatory., 番人, 洋老咪, 番仔, 紅毛頭, 𧺤毛的, 高鼻塌目, 外賓, 紅毛, 番鬼, 鉤鼻仔, 番鬼仔, 白鬼 dated, 鉤鼻鬼, 夷人, 紅毛仔, 高鼻頭, 夷, 老西, 鬼子佬, 外國人, 番囝, 番儂, 番邦儂, 高鼻綠目, 紅毛洋人, 色糖, 外國佬, 老番鬼, 四夷, 老番 dated, 洋鬼子兒, 鉤鼻公, 外夷, 紅毛番, 高鼻子, 外頭人, 啄鼻仔, 洋人子, 番囝哥, 西人, 紅毛囝, 老番, 紅毛儂, 紅毛鬼 dated, 白種人, 阿啄仔, 番鬼佬, 紅毛鬼
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    洋人
    洋人
    joeng4 jan4
    • Causican
  2. Cantonese
    西洋人
    西洋人
    sai1 joeng4 jan4
    • Westerner (mostly means Caucasian)
  3. Cantonese
    佢屋企请咗个洋人教佢讲英文。
    佢屋企請咗個洋人教佢講英文。
    keoi5 uk1 kei2 ceng2 zo2 go3 joeng4 jan4 gaau3 keoi5 gong2 jing1 man2.
    • His family hired a foreign native speaker to teach him English.
  4. Cantonese
    佢屋企请咗个西洋人教佢讲英文。
    佢屋企請咗個西洋人教佢講英文。
    • His family hired a Westerner to teach him English.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    洋人
    洋人
    yáng rén
    • foreigner (especially a westerner or Caucasian)
  2. Mandarin
    他们有点骂人了,骂洋人叫“洋鬼子”,骂军阀叫“抢钱司令”,骂土豪劣绅叫“为富不仁”。
    他們有點罵人了,罵洋人叫“洋鬼子”,罵軍閥叫“搶錢司令”,罵土豪劣紳叫“為富不仁”。
    tā men yǒu diǎn mà rén le , mà yáng rén jiào “ yáng guǐ zi ” , mà jūn fá jiào “ qiǎng qián sī lìng ” , mà tǔ háo liè shēn jiào “ wéi fù bù rén ” .
    • They become rather abusive, denouncing the foreigners as “foreign devils”, the warlords as “robber generals” and the local tyrants and evil gentry as “the heartless rich”.