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'Jook-sing' () is a Cantonese term used to describe an Overseas Chinese person who has grown up in a Western environment.
"Jook-sing" means a grain-measuring container made of bamboo (compare the term senk1 daw2 (升斗), daw2 being a kind of rice measurer). Bamboo is hollow and compartmentalized, thus water poured in one end does not flow out of the other end. The metaphor is that "jook-sings" are not part of either culture: water within the jook-sing does not flow and connect to either end. It may or may not be derogatory. Use of the term predates World War II [1].
Alternatively, ''Jook-sing'' is another term for a bamboo stick in Cantonese. While the original Cantonese term ''jook-gon'' (竹竿, bamboo stick) sounds like 竹乾 (dry bamboo) or 竹降 (fallen bamboo) (which also means "unfortunate" to Cantonese people) Cantonese speakers use ''Jook-sing'' (rising bamboo) instead. The implication is that a person is Chinese outside, hollow inside.
In the United States and Canada, the term is pejorative and is used to describe Westernized American-born or Canadian-born Chinese. The term originates from Cantonese slang in the United States. Jook-sing are categorised as having Western-centric identities, values and culture. These traits may be viewed as positive or negative.
★ Banana (Jyutping: heong1 ziu1 zay2) and Twinkie (based on the snack produced by American company Hostess): often pejorative
★ FOB (Fresh Off the Boat): antonym of Jook-sing
★ American-born Chinese
★ Overseas Chinese: Chinese American, Chinese Canadian, Chinese Australians, Chinese New Zealander
★ American-Born Confused Desi, a similar term for Indian Americans
★ Ethnic slur
★ Second Generation Chinese Americans at University of San Francisco
★ Pilgrimage to China by Beth Boswell Jacks
★ Strained Relations by Julie D. Soo
★ ABC Struggles in the Church
1. [1]
★ Emma Woo Louie, ''Chinese American Names'', McFarland & Company, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0418-3
★ Douglas W Lee, ''Chinese American history and historiography: The musings of a Jook-Sing'', 1980.
| Contents |
| Etymology |
| Modern term |
| North American usage |
| Related colloquialisms |
| See also |
| External links |
| References |
Etymology
"Jook-sing" means a grain-measuring container made of bamboo (compare the term senk1 daw2 (升斗), daw2 being a kind of rice measurer). Bamboo is hollow and compartmentalized, thus water poured in one end does not flow out of the other end. The metaphor is that "jook-sings" are not part of either culture: water within the jook-sing does not flow and connect to either end. It may or may not be derogatory. Use of the term predates World War II [1].
Alternatively, ''Jook-sing'' is another term for a bamboo stick in Cantonese. While the original Cantonese term ''jook-gon'' (竹竿, bamboo stick) sounds like 竹乾 (dry bamboo) or 竹降 (fallen bamboo) (which also means "unfortunate" to Cantonese people) Cantonese speakers use ''Jook-sing'' (rising bamboo) instead. The implication is that a person is Chinese outside, hollow inside.
Modern term
North American usage
In the United States and Canada, the term is pejorative and is used to describe Westernized American-born or Canadian-born Chinese. The term originates from Cantonese slang in the United States. Jook-sing are categorised as having Western-centric identities, values and culture. These traits may be viewed as positive or negative.
Related colloquialisms
★ Banana (Jyutping: heong1 ziu1 zay2) and Twinkie (based on the snack produced by American company Hostess): often pejorative
★ FOB (Fresh Off the Boat): antonym of Jook-sing
See also
★ American-born Chinese
★ Overseas Chinese: Chinese American, Chinese Canadian, Chinese Australians, Chinese New Zealander
★ American-Born Confused Desi, a similar term for Indian Americans
★ Ethnic slur
External links
★ Second Generation Chinese Americans at University of San Francisco
★ Pilgrimage to China by Beth Boswell Jacks
★ Strained Relations by Julie D. Soo
★ ABC Struggles in the Church
References
1. [1]
★ Emma Woo Louie, ''Chinese American Names'', McFarland & Company, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0418-3
★ Douglas W Lee, ''Chinese American history and historiography: The musings of a Jook-Sing'', 1980.
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