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'''Jook-sing''' (竹升) is a ] term for an ] person who has grown up in a ] and/or a ] who more readily or strongly identifies with ] than traditional ]. Jook-sings, in contradistinction to westernized Chinese, generally do not know how to speak, read, or write ].<ref>Woo Louie, Emma. (2008.) , McFarland, p. 66.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drivel.ca/banana/topic01.html|title=Echoes of the Jook Sing generation|publisher=Banana Blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinainsight.info/component/content/article/93/168.html|title=American-born Chinese|publisher=China Insight|first=Greg|last=Hugh|date=4 November 2008}}</ref> |
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'''''Jook-sing''''' or '''''zuk-sing''''' (竹升) is a ] term for an ] person who was born in the ], or a ] who more readily or strongly identifies with ] than traditional ]. |
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== Etymology == |
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The term ''jook-sing'' evolved from ''zuk-gong'' (竹杠; ''zhugang'' in Mandarin) which means a "bamboo pole" or "rod". Since ''gong'' (杠) is a Cantonese ] of the inauspicious word 降 which means "descend" or "downward", it is replaced with ''sing'' (升), which means "ascend" or "upward". |
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The stem of the ] plant is hollow and compartmentalized; thus water poured in one end does not flow out of the other end. The ] is that ''jook-sings'' are not part of either culture; water within the ''jook-sing'' does not flow and connect to either end. The term may or may not be derogatory. Use of the term predates World War II.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://setohj.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/bamboo-pole-or-earth-born/ | title=Bamboo Pole or Earth Born | date=29 April 2016 }}</ref> |
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==Modern term== |
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In the United States and Canada, the term refers to fully ] 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. |
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In the United States and Canada, the term refers to fully ] American-born or Canadian-born Chinese. The term originates from Cantonese slang in the United States. ''Jook-sing'' persons are categorized as having Western-centric identities, values and culture. The term also refers to similar Chinese individuals in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand. |
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This term also refers to similar Chinese individuals in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand.{{cn|date=August 2013}} |
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===Related colloquialisms=== |
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===Related colloquialisms=== |
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*Banana ({{zh|c=香蕉人/香蕉仔|j=hoeng1 ziu1 jan4/hoeng1 ziu1 zi2|p=xiāngjiāo rén / xiāngjiāo zi}}) (referencing the yellow skin and white innings of the fruit when fully matured) and ] (based on the snack produced by American company ]) |
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*] ({{zh|c=香蕉人/香蕉仔|j=hoeng1 ziu1 jan4/hoeng1 ziu1 zi2|p=xiāngjiāo rén / xiāngjiāo zi}}) (referencing the yellow skin and white insides of the fruit when fully matured) and ] (based on the snack produced by American company ] - again, it denotes something that is "yellow" on the outside and "white" on the inside); may be used as a pejorative term or as a non-pejorative term. |
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*FOB (Fresh Off the Boat): ] of Jook-sing |
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*FOB (Fresh Off the Boat): ] of ''jook-sing.'' Typically meant to indicate a Chinese-born person who propagates excessively Chinese stereotypes while living in the West. |
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==See also== |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|China}} |
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'''Bibliography''' |
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*Emma Woo Louie, ''Chinese American Names'', McFarland & Company, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0418-3 |
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*Douglas W Lee, ''Chinese American history and historiography: The musings of a Jook-Sing'', 1980. |
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== References == |
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* {{Cite book|last=Louie|first=Emma Woo|title=Chinese American Names; Tradition and Transition|publisher=McFarland and Company|others=Foreword by Him Mark Lai|year=1998|isbn=978-0-7864-0418-6|location=]|oclc=37705342}} |
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*{{Cite book|last=Lee|first=Douglas W.|title=Chinese American History and Historiography: The Musings of a Jook-Sing|year=1980|oclc=80582576}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Wiktionary|jook-sing|竹升}} |
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{{Wiktionary|jook-sing|竹升}} |
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