紅毛字
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Chinese[edit]
red hair | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (紅毛字) | 紅毛 | 字 | |
simp. (红毛字) | 红毛 | 字 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
紅毛字
- (obsolete or dialectal) the Latin alphabet
- (Penang Hokkien) the English language
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 169