This is a very offensive name for a white person. In the United States it has been used by Black speakers as a racial insult.

This is a very offensive name for a white person這是一個非常冒犯的字，用來稱呼白人. In the United States在美國, it has been used by Black speakers as a racial insult黑人使用者曾把它當作種族歧視的辱罵用語.

It is meant to hurt. You must not use this word — not as a joke, not in a song you repeat, not to try on a friend’s skin colour.

It is meant to hurt它的用意就是要傷人. You must not use this word你絕對不能用這個字 — not as a joke, not in a song you repeat——不管是開玩笑，還是跟著歌曲重複唱出來, not to try on a friend's skin colour也不能拿朋友的膚色來開玩笑.

The history is messy. The word most likely comes from hunky, an older American name for a Hungarian or other eastern-European factory worker, which some people then stretched to mean any white person.

The history is messy這個字的來歷很混亂. The word most likely comes from hunky它很可能來自hunky, an older American name for a Hungarian or other eastern-European factory worker這是舊時美國對匈牙利人或其他東歐工廠工人的稱呼, which some people then stretched to mean any white person後來被一些人擴大用來指任何白人.

There is also a possible African source, Wolof xonq (“red” or “pink”), a word used in some African languages for white men — but that is only a possible source, not a sure one. As a term of racial abuse it became widely known from about 1967, when the Black Panther Party used it as a hard reply to racist insults aimed at Black people.

There is also a possible African source另外也有一個可能的非洲來源, Wolof xonq ("red" or "pink")沃洛夫語的xonq（「紅色」或「粉紅色」）, a word used in some African languages for white men在一些非洲語言裡是用來指白人的字 — but that is only a possible source, not a sure one——但這只是一種可能，不是確定的來源. As a term of racial abuse它作為種族辱罵用語 it became widely known from about 1967大約從1967年開始廣為人知, when the Black Panther Party used it as a hard reply to racist insults aimed at Black people當時黑豹黨用它來強硬回擊針對黑人的種族歧視辱罵.

An older sense from 1946 meant a factory hand; that is not the meaning people hear now.

An older sense from 1946一個1946年較舊的意思 meant a factory hand是指工廠工人; that is not the meaning people hear now這不是現在人們聽到的意思.

Though actually, you may also meet honky inside honky-tonk (a noisy bar with country music). That is a different path, and it does not make this insult safe.

Though actually其實, you may also meet honky你也可能在 inside honky-tonk (a noisy bar with country music)honky-tonk（吵鬧的鄉村音樂酒吧）裡遇到honky這個字. That is a different path這是不同的來源, and it does not make this insult safe而且這不會讓這個辱罵用語變得可以使用.