Chinese Filipino

A Filipino Chinese (simplified Chinese: 华菲; traditional Chinese: 華菲; pinyin: Huáfēi; Hokkien: Huâ-hui; Cantonese: Wàhfèi; Tagalog/Filipino: "Tsinoy" (pronounced [tʃɪnɔj]) derived from two words: "Tsino" (meaning "Chinese") and "Pinoy" (the slang word for "Filipino") is a Filipino of Chinese ethnicity but born/raised in the Philippines. Many, if not all people in the Philippines, including Chinese Filipinos themselves, use and accept the term "Fil... more
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