Gaijin-san's definitions

Allah

Arabic for "God". Regardless of what their first language is, Muslims prefer this title over other names that refer to "God" because Arabic is the divine language of Islam. The Hebrew equivalent of "Allahumma" is "Elohim", since Hebrew and Arabic are very similar languages.

There is no god other than Allah. Worship him and serve him only.

by Gaijin-san January 9, 2013

Cheese boi

Internet slang for mouse or rat

Dem cheese bois chewed into the cereal box. Better call pest control.

by Gaijin-san January 24, 2020

pinyin

Standard Chinese spelling system using Roman alphabet. Literally translates as "spell sound". In modern Chinese education, children are taught to read and write pinyin before learning hanzi (Chinese characters).

If it weren't for pinyin, there would be no way I could ever learn how to speak Chinese by reading it.

by Gaijin-san January 15, 2013

Uyghur

Turkic Muslims living in Xinjiang, western China. Minority group in China. Heavily-oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party.

The word "Uyghur" itself has no standardized English spelling, since it is normally written in the Arabic alphabet (which is difficult to standardize into English). Can also be spelled "Uighur", "Uygur", "Uigur".

Like the Tibetans, the Uyghurs are looked down upon as being lesser people to the Han-dominated CCP.

by Gaijin-san January 9, 2013

kamikaze

Incorrectly pronounced as "ka-mah-ka-zee". Japanese pronunciation is "ka-me-ka-zey".

Kamikaze literally means "divine wind".

by Gaijin-san January 9, 2013

Hindustanti

The language that had split into the modern languages of Hindi and Urdu. Until Pakistan separated from India in 1947, the two languages were the same. Though they are now considered separate languages, they are mutually-intelligible, meaning that a Pakistani can speak to an Indian in Urdu, and an Indian to a Pakistani in Hindi, and can comprehend what they say to each other. The main difference is in their writing systems. Urdu is written in the Arabic alphabet, while Hindi is written in the Sanskrit alphabet.

Professor, I have a question. Is it Hindustanti, or Hindi-Urdu?

by Gaijin-san January 10, 2013

Macau

An SAR (Semi-Autonomous Region) of China. Island west of Hong Kong Portugese colony from the 1500s up until 1999. Gambling hot-spot of China, due to a loosely-regulated free market economy. Where 007 meets Silva's damsel and fights off her bodyguards (one of them gets eaten by a Kimodo dragon) in Skyfall.

Though Macau and Hong Kong are owned by China, they retain strong regional pride.

by Gaijin-san January 9, 2013