倭寇

Chinese

		Japanese	bandit
trad. (倭寇)		倭	寇
simp. #(倭寇)		倭	寇

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 倭寇 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 倭寇 (Cantonese)
• E-khò (Southern Min)
• wokou (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ kau³
• Eastern Min (BUC): uŏ-káiu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óe-khò͘ / é-khò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wokòu
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: wō-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uokow
    • Palladius: вокоу (vokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ kau³
    • Yale: wō kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏ-káiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(kʰ-)ɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: ué-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oefqox
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: é-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efqox

Noun

倭寇

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)
2. (ethnic slur) Japanese person

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倭寇):

• → Japanese: 倭(わ)寇(こう) (wakō)
• → Korean: 왜구(倭寇) (waegu)
• → Vietnamese: Nụy Khấu (倭寇)

Others:

• → English: wokou

See also

• 流寇 (liúkòu)
• 日寇 (rìkòu)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “倭寇”, in 臺日大辭典‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭	寇
わ Jinmeiyō	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
和寇

Etymology

From Chinese 倭 (wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 (kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わこー [wáꜜkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) わこー [wàkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ko̞ː]

Noun

倭(わ)寇(こう) • (wakō) 

1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

References

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
4. “倭寇”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇 • (waegu) (hangeul 왜구)

1. hanja form^? of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
倭	寇

Noun

倭寇

1. chữ Hán form of Nụy Khấu (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).