粵

香hoeng1蕉ziu1仔zai2

hoeng1 ziu1 zai2xiāng jiāo zǐ

English

  1. Chinese youngsters born or brought up in western countries (spoken)
  2. ethnically Chinese people raised or born in the West and adapted to Western culture ; literally: banana boy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 黃皮白心,意指係海外出生嘅華裔,外表係黃種人,但內心卻幾乎滿載白人嘅文化思想。

Examples

  • 係澳洲會見到好多香蕉仔。

    There are many naturalised Chinese in Australia.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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