生番 shēngfān savage Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 生番 shēngfān savage an old derogatory term for ethnic minorities or foreigners considered uncivilized or economically backward barbarian a cruel, rough, or rowdy person; also used in Minnan dialects to mock someone whose behavior is extremely crude or unruly unassimilated indigenous people specifically in Qing-era Taiwan, a term for indigenous peoples who had not submitted to government administration or adopted Han Chinese customs Frequency Written text 0.082 per million Cross-References Synonym 蛮人 mánrén野人 yěrén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
生番 shēngfān savage an old derogatory term for ethnic minorities or foreigners considered uncivilized or economically backward barbarian a cruel, rough, or rowdy person; also used in Minnan dialects to mock someone whose behavior is extremely crude or unruly unassimilated indigenous people specifically in Qing-era Taiwan, a term for indigenous peoples who had not submitted to government administration or adopted Han Chinese customs Frequency Written text 0.082 per million Cross-References Synonym 蛮人 mánrén野人 yěrén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
