hapa
noun [ C ] Hawaiian English (also Hapa) uk/ˈhɑː.pə/ us/ˈhɑː.pə/
哈帕人（父母一方为夏威夷人或东亚人另一方为白人的人）
someone who has one Hawaiian or East Asian parent and one white parent
Mike is a hapa, his mother Anglo and his father Filipino. 迈克是哈帕人，他的母亲是盎格鲁人，父亲是菲律宾人。
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- It's not uncommon to hear a teen who has a white parent and an Asian or Pacific Islander parent call herself a "Hapa".
- Toshio is a teenage hapa with curly brown hair.
- I began a mission to become a real hapa, whatever that might be, not one who was just passing as white.
- "Here in Hawai'i, we love our hapas," she said. "But elsewhere, I was called a half-breed."
hapa
adjective Hawaiian English uk/ˈhɑː.pə/ us/ˈhɑː.pə/
哈帕人的（父母一方为夏威夷人或东亚人另一方为白人的人）
having one Hawaiian or East Asian parent and one white parent
In the story, Yuriko and her sister are hapa. 在故事中，百合子和她的妹妹是哈帕人。
He's a hapa boy, mixed Korean and white. 他是个哈帕男孩，父母是韩国人和白人。
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- His first wife was a Pacific Islander and his children are hapa.
- Being hapa, I've never really found my place in either the Chinese community or the white one.
- When I was a kid, it was hard fitting in being hapa.
- She felt the urge to protect her hapa son.
- One legacy of the internment camps is a whole generation of so-called hapa children - a Hawaiian term meaning "half".