tongyang Posted August 18, 2005 at 08:58 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 at 08:58 AM hei guys!!! could you guys just tell me , what's meaning of "yellow -white" ? what the hell was that? especially, someone was called "yellow -white" . Is it impolite address? or is it rude word with racism ? who can give me a suitable explanation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaomawang Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:28 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:28 AM Are you A/B/CBC? If yes, 'yellow-white' might mean 'yellow skin white heart' 黃皮白心. People use this to describe a Chinese born & grow in western countries. Depends on who say to you and under what situation. Could be a bit rude/impolite if the sayer is a stranger. Or take it easy if the sayer is someone you know, he may just use this to get general understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:30 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:30 AM "yellow-white", when prouounced in Cantonese, is similar to "king-eight" (i.e. wong4 bak9 vs wong4 bat8 ) "king-eight", or 王八 in Chinese characters, means - 1. 王八 [wang2ba1] ([wang2ba0]), n., (1) a tortoise; (2) (abuse) a cuckold, scoundrel: 王八蛋,王八羔子 (abuse) son-of-bitch; (3) formerly, man servant at brothels.source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:33 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 at 09:33 AM If you actually heard people say "yellow-white", then xiaomawang's explanation makes much more sense than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongyang Posted August 18, 2005 at 02:03 PM Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 at 02:03 PM Are you A/B/CBC? If yes' date=' 'yellow-white' might mean 'yellow skin white heart' 黃皮白心. People use this to describe a Chinese born & grow in western countries.Depends on who say to you and under what situation. Could be a bit rude/impolite if the sayer is a stranger. Or take it easy if the sayer is someone you know, he may just use this to get general understanding.[/quote'] what a shame!!! for those strange 白鬼佬!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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