英和和英

名詞

yellow man (plural yellow men)

1. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or a man with Asian heritage
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     Won Chou merely relapsed into an attitude of studious melancholy, extremely trying to Mr. Fank's conception of the yellow man's status.

2. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) Asian people collectively; Asian culture.
   • 1984, Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”:

     Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.

派生した語

• → Unami: wisawsit (semantic loan)