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Gweilo vs Gweipo - What's the difference?

gweilo | gweipo | coordinate terms |

Gweilo is a coordinate term of gweipo.


As nouns the difference between gweilo and gweipo

is that gweilo is (colloquial|ethnic slur) a white person in china, (particularly) of men ; a ‘foreign devil’ while gweipo is (derogatory) an (older) woman.

gweilo

English

Alternative forms

* gwailo * kwailo

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (colloquial, ethnic slur) A white person in China, (particularly) of men ; a ‘foreign devil’.
  • *1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 179:
  • *:She had ruffled the bed and laid a frilly nightdress on the floor because so far as the block was concerned Phoebe was the half-kwailo bastard who whored with the fat foreign devil.

    • Usage notes

    Some expatriates in Hong Kong now use gweilo to jokingly refer to themselves.

    Related terms

    * laowai

    External links

    * Cartoon by Larry Feign

    gweipo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gwaipo, gwaipoh, gwaipor, gweipor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) An (older) woman.

    • Usage notes

    For the usage in Cantonese, see the usage notes at . Much like gweilo'', ''gweipo'' has passed into the terminology of Caucasian residents of Hong Kong, losing its derogatory edge in the process. The distinction of it referring to an ''older rather than younger woman (as in Cantonese) is often not as pronounced in English usage.

    Coordinate terms

    *gweilo English ethnic slurs