鬼佬

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	man; guy
simp. and trad. (鬼佬)		鬼	佬

Originally Cantonese. From the supposed resemblance of Portuguese and other European skin tones to ghosts.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐlǎo [Phonetic: guílǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeilao
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐlǎor [Phonetic: guílǎor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeilaol
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ laʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² lou²
  - Yale: gwái lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² lou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² lou²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gūi-lō̤
  - IPA ^(key): /kuoi³³⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/

鬼佬

A derogatory term for white people, particularly men, mainly in speech. Prior to the 1980s, the term was commonly prefixed in Cantonese by 死 (sei2, “damned”), with the meaning "damned ghost fucker, damned foreign devil".
Not commonly used among Mandarin speakers.