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noun
A Chinese person, especially a Cantonese person born in the United States or Canada, who has overly assimilated to Western culture and has little or no command of any Chinese language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, slur
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: banana, Twinkie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ABC, race traitor
History
Borrowed from Cantonese 竹升 (zuk1 sing1). See jook-sing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
