Read Edit View history 生番 shēngfān savage Origin Definitions Defs 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)