西人

西人

1. Westerner
   • 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 198–199:

     係吖、火水拿、先二十年個陣時不過有幾個西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水燈賣。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     系吖、火水拿、先二十年个阵时不过有几个西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水灯卖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hai⁶ aa¹, fo² seoi² naa⁴, sin¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ go³ zan⁶ si^4-2 bat¹ gwo³ jau⁵ gei² go³ sai¹ jan⁴ sai² zek¹. ji⁴ gaa¹ naa⁴, tung¹ seng⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ fo² seoi² gung⁶ fo² seoi² dang¹ maai⁶. [Jyutping]

     Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city.

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西人黨／西人党

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西人

1. (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century

   • 上以西人為枉，南人為直，故夏鎭進說於上，請日日錯西人一人，舉南人一人 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1675

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西人 • (seoin) (hangeul 서인)

1. hanja form^? of 서인 (“Westerner (rare); political faction (historical)”)