香蕉仔 (hoeng1 ziu1 zai2) — overseas born Chinese youngsters - yell… in Cantonese

hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔

Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 jiao1 zai3

Meaning of 香蕉仔

nounoverseas born Chinese youngsters - yellow outside, white inside; Chinese appearance, white in essence.

zek˗₃隻hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔sukˍ₆熟laa˗₃喇

The little banana is ripe.

go˗₃個hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔geiˊ²幾timˎ₄甜

This little banana is quite sweet.

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔

I want to eat a little banana.

niˉ¹呢tiuˎ₄條hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔

This little banana.

go˗₃個zaiˊ²仔houˊ²好ciˏ₅似hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉zaiˊ²仔

The boy is like a little banana.

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