番鬼佬
faan1 gwai2 lou2fān guǐ lǎo
English
- (noun) Western people; a Westerner; a foreigner
- foreigner; especially white westerner, Caucasian. An derogatory term toward westerners, but it can also express funny feeling amount Cantonese to describe things imported from the west. Literally: barbarian ghost man
粵語 — Cantonese
- 西方人，特別係白人。呢種叫法對佢哋嚟講有貶義，但響廣東人之間用嚟形容西方事物就帶少許諧趣感。
Examples
番鬼佬荔枝 - 佛頭果、釋迦
sweetsop (western lychee)
番鬼佬月餅 - Mooncake (悶極)
western mooncake - sounds like "very boring" in Cantonese
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk