<p>As a Cantonese and a former restaurant employee, my suggestions are:</p>
<p>美式蘿蔔糕 = American style white radish cake (a more formal name)</p>
<p>老美蘿蔔糕 or <strong>美國佬蘿蔔糕</strong> = American's radish cake (a more casual name, less respectful), you don't have to add 'rude' because there is already a stereotype for Americans -- they are arrogant</p>
<p><em>老美 sounds like 鹵味 which is a sound-alike of a swear (your mother )</em></p>

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Tang Ho
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<p>What would you use for Cantonese?</p>
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<p>a few choices:</p>
<h2>洋基</h2>
<p>a transliteration of “yankee”; or,</p>
<h2>花旗</h2>
<p>an old term for “america”, roughly, since early 19th century</p>
<p>have fun :)</p>

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水巷孑蠻
<p>Since it is a &quot;bastardization&quot;, may I suggest 杂种 蘿蔔糕?</p>
<p>杂种, (meaning hybrid or mixed heritage), in Cantonese has a more &quot;playful&quot; connotation which should cause your readers to do a double take.</p>

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Wayne Cheah
<p>In English, &quot;Ugly American&quot; is a pejorative stereotype for an American. It basically implies they are loud, arrogant, and ethnocentric.</p>
<p>As I am building my family's cookbook, I find recipes that claim to be &quot;Cantonese&quot; or &quot;Sichuan&quot;. When I research them, however, it turns out they've been hopelessly mangled with ingredient and cooking technique changes.</p>
<p>I want to include these in the cookbook because they are delicious but I want to indicate that I know they are a bastardization of the real thing. My solution is to call the dish, for example, &quot;Taco al grosero americano&quot; (&quot;Taco in the style of a rude American&quot;).</p>
<p>What would you use for Cantonese?</p>
<p>The best I can come up with is 粗魯的美國人的蘿蔔糕.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>

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Idiomatic Cantonese translation: Ugly American
# Idiomatic Cantonese translation: Ugly American

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-21)

In English, "Ugly American" is a pejorative stereotype for an American. It basically implies they are loud, arrogant, and ethnocentric.

As I am building my family's cookbook, I find recipes that claim to be "Cantonese" or "Sichuan". When I research them, however, it turns out they've been hopelessly mangled with ingredient and cooking technique changes.

I want to include these in the cookbook because they are delicious but I want to indicate that I know they are a bastardization of the real thing. My solution is to call the dish, for example, "Taco al grosero americano" ("Taco in the style of a rude American").

What would you use for Cantonese?

The best I can come up with is 粗魯的美國人的蘿蔔糕.

Thank you!

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-21. Score: 3

As a Cantonese and a former restaurant employee, my suggestions are:

美式蘿蔔糕 = American style white radish cake (a more formal name)

老美蘿蔔糕 or **美國佬蘿蔔糕** = American's radish cake (a more casual name, less respectful), you don't have to add 'rude' because there is already a stereotype for Americans -- they are arrogant

*老美 sounds like 鹵味 which is a sound-alike of a swear (your mother )*


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-07-21. Score: 2

> What would you use for Cantonese?

a few choices:

## 洋基

a transliteration of “yankee”; or,

## 花旗

an old term for “america”, roughly, since early 19th century

have fun :)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-07-21. Score: 0

Since it is a "bastardization", may I suggest 杂种 蘿蔔糕?

杂种, (meaning hybrid or mixed heritage), in Cantonese has a more "playful" connotation which should cause your readers to do a double take.


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