蛮子

Traditional form:

蠻子

Pinyin (reading):

mánzi

Definitions:

• barbarian
• slave servant
• (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)

Characters:

• 蛮 - barbarians; barbarous, rude, savage
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 蠻 - barbarians; barbarous, rude, savage
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing