Etymology

gweipo

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Today it means: An (older) Caucasian woman. Full definition →

Cantonese 鬼婆
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from鬼婆“foreign woman”
  2. English todaygweipo

From Cantonese 鬼婆 (gwai² po⁴, “foreign woman”), literally "ghost woman".

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