I’m a Devil Hag and Proud of it

Are you a woman? Caucasian or Caucasian with benefits? Do you live in Hong Kong? Then you may have referred to yourself at some point as “Gwailou”. Guess what, you’re not. Only men can be gwai lou. You are, in fact, a gwai po. That’s right, not a devil geezer but a devil hag.

Above please behold a typical gwai po 鬼婆 whiling the days away in an opulent chair! OK, I admit I don’t much like to be called gwai po, but the Hong Kong Chinese insist it’s “only for fun” and I suppose I should be thankful for every second this place isn’t politically correct.

鬼佬 – gwai lou (devil geezer/white guy)
香港人 – Heung Gong yan (Hong Kong people)
西人 – Sai yan (westerner)