noun
pl. -·bei′ or -·beis′[alsoK-] a native U.S. citizen born of immigrant Japanese parents but educated largely in Japan
Origin of kibei
Japanese from Sino-Japanese ki, return + bei, America, United States A.kibei
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Kibei
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pl. Kibei, or Ki·beisA person born in the United States of Japanese immigrant parents and educated chiefly in Japan.
Origin of Kibei
Japanese to return to the United States, Kibei ki return ( from Middle Chinese kyj ) ( also the source of Mandaringuī) ( from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kwər ) ( akin Tibetan &minute;khor ) bei the United States ( from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character meaning “rice,” pronounced m&icaron;) ( in Mandarin, that was used to represent the syllable -me- ) ( in early Chinese transliterations of America )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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