i understand what you trying is say... but what if someone is born in UK (british born chinese).. someone from hong kong say.. 英國華僑是鬼佬... because that person can't read, or can't not write chinese and not understand the hong kong culture...his family is chinese... is that right to call him 鬼佬?..
No no, that is what I am talking about. 鬼佬 is the term to use for white people, on the other hand, 外國人 would be more offensive if the person was white, but actually born in HK.
Simply put, the term 鬼佬 is more suitable because 西人 denotes that person came from a western country, 外國人 denotes that person came from outside the country, which are both incorrect if the person was born in HK. However, 鬼佬 is used for skin colour, regardless of where they were born, which makes it more suitable.
@DanteLovesPizza, i do really understand what are u saying, most people in hong kong don't really care, i'm a person born in the UK...my family is chinese and i have a job in hong kong, my cantonese is not that good, people i work in hong kong saying to me, you are 鬼佬, because i don't speak good cantonese or don't understand their culture, it's really nothing do with the skin, if you not belong to that country, you will still get people say to you are 鬼佬.. just to let you know.
@DanteLovesPizza I guess one has to be of a certain kind to be able to call himself a gwai lo. The typical whitey cant do it, i suppose. They are either too old for that, dont have the necessary sense of humor, havent spent enough time in HK, or avoid being among the locals altogether. But it sure gets an interesting reaction from the crowd when 2 white guys refer to each other as "gwai lo". Up until about 10 i actually thought my nickname was gwai zai, had no clue what it meant lol.
@DanteLovesPizza Oh yea they do get uptight, and that actually causes problems often making to hard to get along. As a result foreigners at times tend to distance themselves from locals, which again causes the problems to get worse.
Yep, i am white, pretty mixed ancestry though. lol
Yeah, I know what you mean, I guess that's why the foreigners here, in the UK, tend to stay in a group amongst themselves. People just need to lighten up a little. :/
I see, heh, well, it's cool that you can accept the term so smoothly, I mean, look at some of the comments below, even some Asians can't accept that term......
@DanteLovesPizza Oh yea, i know what its like in the UK, been there.
How can one not accept a perfectly normal term? Do you get offended when someone calls you an Asian? Ofc not. Also i guess you are technically a foreigner in the UK, makes you feel offended? I doubt that, and that goes for me here as well. Im a westerner and you are an easterner. Offensive? I dont think so. Sure it can be used offensively, but by itself its cool imo.
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i understand what you trying is say... but what if someone is born in UK (british born chinese).. someone from hong kong say.. 英國華僑是鬼佬... because that person can't read, or can't not write chinese and not understand the hong kong culture...his family is chinese... is that right to call him 鬼佬?..
cfl1116 3 weeks ago
@cfl1116
No no, that is what I am talking about. 鬼佬 is the term to use for white people, on the other hand, 外國人 would be more offensive if the person was white, but actually born in HK.
Simply put, the term 鬼佬 is more suitable because 西人 denotes that person came from a western country, 外國人 denotes that person came from outside the country, which are both incorrect if the person was born in HK. However, 鬼佬 is used for skin colour, regardless of where they were born, which makes it more suitable.
DanteLovesPizza 3 weeks ago
@DanteLovesPizza, i do really understand what are u saying, most people in hong kong don't really care, i'm a person born in the UK...my family is chinese and i have a job in hong kong, my cantonese is not that good, people i work in hong kong saying to me, you are 鬼佬, because i don't speak good cantonese or don't understand their culture, it's really nothing do with the skin, if you not belong to that country, you will still get people say to you are 鬼佬.. just to let you know.
cfl1116 1 week ago
@cfl1116
Really?! Never really heard that before. I mean, equally I know white people born in HK that get called 鬼佬.
DanteLovesPizza 1 week ago
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cfl1116 3 weeks ago
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cfl1116 3 weeks ago
Most gwailo's never considered the term offensive, or any those terms actually.
Yeung yan and sai yan .. pff.. cant really get offended when people call things the way they are, can you?
White folk in HK even calls each other gwai lo on the street. Yep, its totally fine.
Buuub08 6 months ago
@Buuub08
Haha, never really heard white people calling each other it, but I do see what you mean. :)
DanteLovesPizza 5 months ago
@DanteLovesPizza I guess one has to be of a certain kind to be able to call himself a gwai lo. The typical whitey cant do it, i suppose. They are either too old for that, dont have the necessary sense of humor, havent spent enough time in HK, or avoid being among the locals altogether. But it sure gets an interesting reaction from the crowd when 2 white guys refer to each other as "gwai lo". Up until about 10 i actually thought my nickname was gwai zai, had no clue what it meant lol.
Buuub08 5 months ago
@Buuub08
I guess you're right on that. I mean, some people just get very uptight about this type of stuff.
Haha, gwai zai, huh? xD You're white then, I presume?
DanteLovesPizza 5 months ago
@DanteLovesPizza Oh yea they do get uptight, and that actually causes problems often making to hard to get along. As a result foreigners at times tend to distance themselves from locals, which again causes the problems to get worse.
Yep, i am white, pretty mixed ancestry though. lol
Buuub08 5 months ago
@Buuub08
Yeah, I know what you mean, I guess that's why the foreigners here, in the UK, tend to stay in a group amongst themselves. People just need to lighten up a little. :/
I see, heh, well, it's cool that you can accept the term so smoothly, I mean, look at some of the comments below, even some Asians can't accept that term......
DanteLovesPizza 5 months ago
@DanteLovesPizza Oh yea, i know what its like in the UK, been there.
How can one not accept a perfectly normal term? Do you get offended when someone calls you an Asian? Ofc not. Also i guess you are technically a foreigner in the UK, makes you feel offended? I doubt that, and that goes for me here as well. Im a westerner and you are an easterner. Offensive? I dont think so. Sure it can be used offensively, but by itself its cool imo.
Some folks just need to chill-da-fuck-out xD
Buuub08 5 months ago
@Buuub08
Yeah, exactly, if they meant no harm, I would not be offended, there is no reason to be offended.
I even make jokes about it myself and laugh at others about deporting me and stuff. xD
And they do, racist is a term used too often now. Even stereotypes are being called racism when they are very different things. >.>
DanteLovesPizza 5 months ago
屌！！叫外國人得唔得牙！
eo3200 7 months ago
@eo3200
如果佢係香港出生, 但唔係華人, 係100%白, 仲係唔係'外國人'?
'外國人'不但係用膚色辨別佢地, 仲係用錯名稱, 因為佢地係香港出生, 係香港人, 唔係外國人.
DanteLovesPizza 7 months ago
我想問識講中文嘅鬼佬係唔係仲係鬼佬呀？
TheMartialBo 1 year ago
@TheMartialBo
係, 因為我想講嘅係, '鬼佬'係一個唔得罪人嘅名稱, 但又可以因佢地嘅膚色分辨佢地. 而相反, 多數人認為係友善嘅名稱, 如: 西人, 外國人, 雖然都係用膚色分辨佢地, 但在字眼上可以得罪人.
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago
you are terribly cute... but I have no idea what you are saying
logsandswirls 1 year ago
@logsandswirls
Awww, thanks. xD
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago
鬼佬始终是鬼佬，无文化，无道德。中国再次强大之后，让鬼佬见上帝。
Junkiang 1 year ago
@Junkiang
Hahaha, 係唔係有D激動左D呀?
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago
@DanteLovesPizza 可能我有些激动吧。但我对外国人确实没有任何好感，虽然现在我也在国外。中国人里面垃圾一大堆，但始终有有文化有道德之人。鬼佬虽也不是什么杀人犯等坏人，但那种没文化、没道德的我碰多了，问题是鬼佬普遍没文化、没道德。八国联军侵华、火烧圆明园，都是这些自诩“文明”的鬼佬干的，我从没有忘记。我在我学到一切能学的东西后回国，贡献自己的微薄之力，尽快使国家强大，以报鬼佬以前的所做所为。中国人最需要的就是从历史里面吸取血的经验教训，永远不要忘记这些历史教训。和中国相比，鬼佬根本无历史。
Junkiang 1 year ago
@Junkiang
Haha, 歷史已是過去, 不要太執著.
鬼佬有冇文化, 有冇道德, 我亦都冇意見.
"以报鬼佬以前的所做所为" - 你想有第三次世界大戰?
我就冇咁偏激, 只係覺得D鬼佬比較蠢; 我唔係天才, 不過D鬼佬還要比我差, 又自大. :/
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago
@DanteLovesPizza 我觉得历史永远不能忘记，当然有些时候不必表现出来，埋在心里即可。就比如现在中国大陆，还需要外资，民族主义不可太过火，否则对国家经济不利。第三次世界大战迟早爆发，中国要做的就是趁着现在和平的环境赶紧发展经济与军事，而我自己也在学习一些军事知识。中国人的智商在全世界应是属一属二的，随着生活水平的提高，我相信中国人的智商和创造水平会越来越高。看到差距的同时，亦应该相信自己，及探寻赶上并超过鬼佬的办法。鬼佬还是比较聪明的，我们不能轻视，而要比他们更努力、更认真。
Junkiang 1 year ago
@Junkiang
冇錯, 歷史係唔應該忘記, 但亦唔應該執著.
如果發生第三次世界大戰, 你覺得中國會戰勝嗎? 核彈已經很普遍, 如果發生第三次世界大戰, 人類亦會隨著戰爭而消失; 即使中國再強, 亦不比核子強.
"鬼佬还是比较聪明的" - 如果係真的, 美國和英國 (兩個最具實力的西方國家) 亦唔會因金融海潚攪到現在咁.
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago
How come you have an accent?
cantehk 1 year ago
I think it just seems so through recording, I've realised it too when I watched this, the recorder seems to twist some phonetics.
I've paid attention to when I speak and it doesn't seem to be like that.
Besides, I live in the UK.
DanteLovesPizza 1 year ago