máo
zi

common

Meaning of 毛子

毛子 means old term for Western foreigners; old term for bandits, robbers. Pronounced máo zi.

  • old term for Western foreigners
  • old term for bandits, robbers
  • lint; fluff; fine bits of wool or thread

Definitions & Examples

Qīng
mín
jiān
yǒu
shí
qīng
miè
chēng
yáng
rén
wéi
 
máo
zi
 
 

In the late Qing dynasty, common people sometimes contemptuously called foreigners '毛子'.