# 倭寇
## Chinese

* 倭寇 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 倭寇 (Cantonese)
* E-khò (Southern Min)
* wokou (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wōkòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wo$^1$ kau$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): uŏ-káiu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óe-khò͘ / é-khò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wōkòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wokòu
*** Wade–Giles: wo$^1$-kʻou$^4$
*** Yale: wō-kòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uokow
*** Palladius: вокоу (vokou)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wo$^1$ kau$^3$
*** Yale: wō kau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wo$^1$ kau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wo$^1$ keo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏ-káiu
*** Sinological IPA : /uo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(kʰ-)}$ɑu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-khò͘
*** Tâi-lô: ué-khòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oefqox
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-khò͘
*** Tâi-lô: é-khòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: efqox

### Noun

倭寇
* (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)
* (ethnic slur) Japanese person, a Jap

#### Synonyms

* (literary or Puxian Min) 倭賊／倭贼 (wōzéi)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 倭(わ)寇(こう) (wakō)
* → Korean: 왜구(倭寇) (waegu)
* → Vietnamese: Nụy Khấu (倭寇)
Others:
* → English: wokou

#### See also

* 流寇 (liúkòu)
* 日寇 (rìkòu)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “倭寇”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 倭 | 寇 |
| わ Jinmeiyō | こう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 和寇

### Etymology

From Chinese 倭 (wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 (kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) わこー [wáꜜkòò] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) わこー [wàkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [β̞a̠ko̞ː]

### Noun

倭(わ)寇(こう) • (wakō)
* (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 “倭寇”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 倭 | 寇 |

### Noun

倭寇 • (waegu) (hangeul 왜구)
* hanja form of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 倭 | 寇 |

### Noun

倭寇
* chữ Hán form of Nụy Khấu (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).