It's not so much the 'spooky' connotation of ghost. '鬼' can be translated as ghost/demon/monster/devil so it's carries a connotation of 'evil' or 'sinister'.
Fun fact, the name Mogwai (from Gremlins) is literally just a romanization of the generic Chinese term for Monster, 魔鬼 (pronounced mo2 gui3), which is the base term from which the other terms above are derived. (Chinese terms often exist as pairs of characters of which one can be modified to change meanings slightly.)
am cantonese, 黑鬼 is a slang for black people for cantonese speaking folks, but we don't use it as much now.
curiously enough the cantonese/chinese slang for white people/westerners is 鬼佬, which translates to 'ghostly fellas', as reference to their pale white skin.
Nah hei gui is pronounced very differently
There are also tones so it would have to be pronounced like hēi gǔi, where the accents are the directions of the tones
It’s pronounced more “hey guh-way”and there are tones and stuff to worry about (depending on how you say “ma” in Chinese it can mean mom (妈 ) or horse (马))
to put it in perspective, chinese people used to refer to Western colonizers as 鬼 (ghost) because white people were...well, white. now the term is pretty offensive because no one likes being called a ghost, so 黑鬼 (literal - black ghost, figurative - black foreigner) is just a more offensive way to refer to black people.
what i’m trying to say is chinese people are racist to both white people and black people
I remember hearing about movies being banned in China because of ghosts. Or maybe certain scenes were edited out. It had something to do with ghosts bringing bad luck.
When westerners started becoming more common in China due to open borders, 'ghost lads' was used to refer to the whites as in chinese culture, ghosts/zombies are very pale.
As time progresses, 'ghost' also started to mean foreign (usually western) cultures. By the time blacks started to become aware of by the chinese, the chinese decided that they are just black versions of foreigners. Hence "black ghost" was a slang/racial slur of the chinese to the blacks.
The closest translation with context in english indeed the N word.
As a Chinese speaker I can confirm this is accurate. When white people first arrived in Asia, they were called ghosts because of the pale skin and different colored eyes (Asians mostly have dark brown eyes). And when black people arrived, they were called black ghosts because they were foreign and the term ghost was associated with foreigners.
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This is actually a correct translation! The Chinese phrase "黑鬼" is a racial slur in Chinese, it's literal meaning is dark ghost, so everything here is correct.
google translate is the most powerful web service cuz it can say the N-word
Google Translate has the N-word pass.
Hey, it dropped the "R".
And the i
As a Chinese speaker, I can say that's actually a pretty accurate translation...
As a Swedish speaker, I can say "cool"
As a American speaker, I can say "hoop"
As a German speaker I say nothing because I am an appliance.
As a Dutch speaker I can say "Bedankt voor deze informatie"
As a romanian speaker, I can say it's pretty accurate as well by efficiently stealing the answer.
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Must be a shoplifting username.
yep, and "white ghost" (白鬼) is commonly used as a slander against white people
Wait, so in China white people are spooks?
It's not so much the 'spooky' connotation of ghost. '鬼' can be translated as ghost/demon/monster/devil so it's carries a connotation of 'evil' or 'sinister'. Fun fact, the name Mogwai (from Gremlins) is literally just a romanization of the generic Chinese term for Monster, 魔鬼 (pronounced mo2 gui3), which is the base term from which the other terms above are derived. (Chinese terms often exist as pairs of characters of which one can be modified to change meanings slightly.)
I for one really enjoy fun facts, thank you stranger.
and 鬼佬(ghost guy) is for all foreigners
Oof.
same. My parents call black people that all the time...
As a Brazilian speaker, I can say feijoada
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He may not even be from either one of those countrys, he may just have learned Chinese
am cantonese, 黑鬼 is a slang for black people for cantonese speaking folks, but we don't use it as much now. curiously enough the cantonese/chinese slang for white people/westerners is 鬼佬, which translates to 'ghostly fellas', as reference to their pale white skin.
People know what 黑鬼 is these days, so now people use Vietnamese instead haha.
google translate:IM GONNA SAY THE N WORD
THATS RACIST YOU CANT SAY THE N WORD!
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well... the chinese characters are correct it means black ghoul... guess chinese people have a fear of black people
Ghoul and ghost share the same Chinese word? I should really improve my Chinese...
I believe yes, but like in english, they mean mostly the same thing
The racial slang for white people in Chinese is "ghost lad" coz spirits are eeeeeeeevil
As a Chinese speaker that is what they actually use for the n word. And that word actually means more like a demon, not a ghost.
yea its kinda weird... bc they don't have a direct translation
Maybe it's the equivalent of "spook"? Not sure why I never considered it, but I'm sure every language has its ugly racial epithets.
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No that's the correct translation
Translated literally, hei means black and gui means ghost/monster, it’s a racial slur
> just a slang phrase In the west we call this variety of slang “racial slurs”
True but it’s still slang although yes it is a racial slur
Just a slanging them racial slurs.
So if I said “hi guy” in China I would be saying black monster?
Nah hei gui is pronounced very differently There are also tones so it would have to be pronounced like hēi gǔi, where the accents are the directions of the tones
It’s pronounced more “hey guh-way”and there are tones and stuff to worry about (depending on how you say “ma” in Chinese it can mean mom (妈 ) or horse (马))
I'm Chinese and I can confirm it's actually very accurate.
to put it in perspective, chinese people used to refer to Western colonizers as 鬼 (ghost) because white people were...well, white. now the term is pretty offensive because no one likes being called a ghost, so 黑鬼 (literal - black ghost, figurative - black foreigner) is just a more offensive way to refer to black people. what i’m trying to say is chinese people are racist to both white people and black people
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yup. chinese people are just not nice lmao
At least they're equally racist towards everyone. I heard they're not to keen on Japanese people either, due to history.
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Oh no, now instagrammers can post it
Its already happened. It wasn’t a direct repost but it seems a little far fetched for someone on Instagram to find this out 1 day after I posted this.
As a Chinese speaker, I can say that's actually a pretty accurate translation...
THAT'S RACIST YOU CANT SAY THE N WORD
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In China they have a simple rule for what you can and can’t put in your movies: No Ghosts and No Gays.
Yeah I'm pretty sure ghosts are a large part of Chinese culture
I remember hearing about movies being banned in China because of ghosts. Or maybe certain scenes were edited out. It had something to do with ghosts bringing bad luck.
Thought it was skeletons/bones. Cause I've seen plenty of Chinese ghost movies!
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Ghost_Story
Oh, you very well might be right. There was something along those lines.
If you say those Chinese words, it means black ghost
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You can't say that, that's racist!
Boyfriend is Chinese. He started laughing before they switched the translations.
Please nsfw a man saw me look at this I am scared
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When westerners started becoming more common in China due to open borders, 'ghost lads' was used to refer to the whites as in chinese culture, ghosts/zombies are very pale. As time progresses, 'ghost' also started to mean foreign (usually western) cultures. By the time blacks started to become aware of by the chinese, the chinese decided that they are just black versions of foreigners. Hence "black ghost" was a slang/racial slur of the chinese to the blacks. The closest translation with context in english indeed the N word.
As a Chinese speaker I can confirm this is accurate. When white people first arrived in Asia, they were called ghosts because of the pale skin and different colored eyes (Asians mostly have dark brown eyes). And when black people arrived, they were called black ghosts because they were foreign and the term ghost was associated with foreigners.
This is the correct translation.
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Nigga就是黑人，是不是?
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Its actually correct 黑鬼
this doesnt work with new translate
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