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鬼子
guǐzi
1. devils
2. refers to [[日本鬼子]], wartime term insult for Japanese
Common • Top 16%

Character Breakdown

鬼
guǐ
ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
HSK 5 9 丶
子
zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (4)

二鬼子
èrguǐzi
traitor
洋鬼子
yángguǐzi
foreign devil
日本鬼子
Rìběnguǐzi
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
东洋鬼子
Dōngyángguǐzi
foreign devil

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
13,732 of 84,292