This is a very offensive insult for a Jewish person. Do not use it. Do not use it as a joke, and do not repeat it to sound tough. It is hate.

This is a very offensive insult for a Jewish person這是一個用來侮辱猶太人、非常冒犯的髒話。 Do not use it不要使用它。 Do not use it as a joke不要拿它開玩笑, and do not repeat it to sound tough也不要為了裝酷而說出來。 It is hate這就是仇恨。

In the early 1900s, German-American Jews first used it about Jews arriving from Eastern Europe; later, other people used it as a general insult for any Jewish person. The leading origin story is Yiddish kaykl, “circle”: some immigrants who did not write English signed papers with a circle instead of an X, because an X looked like a Christian cross. Though actually, that story is the main guess, not a fact everyone agrees on — and the hurt the word does does not wait on the guess.

In the early 1900s在1900年代初期, German-American Jews first used it about Jews arriving from Eastern Europe德裔美籍猶太人最早用這個字來稱呼從東歐來的猶太人; later後來, other people used it as a general insult for any Jewish person其他人把它拿來當成對任何猶太人的通用侮辱字眼。 The leading origin story最主要的一種來源說法 is Yiddish kaykl, "circle"是意第緒語的 kaykl,意思是「圓圈」: some immigrants who did not write English有些不會寫英文的移民 signed papers with a circle instead of an X簽文件時用畫圓圈代替畫X, because an X looked like a Christian cross因為X看起來像基督教的十字架。 Though actually不過, that story is the main guess, not a fact everyone agrees on這個說法只是主要的猜測,不是大家都認同的事實 — and the hurt the word does does not wait on the guess——但這個字造成的傷害,不會等這個猜測被證實才存在。

There is also a rare verb, equally ugly; you are unlikely to meet it. If you have to talk about the insult, say it is a hateful word for a Jewish person, and leave this word itself out.

There is also a rare verb還有一個少見的動詞用法, equally ugly一樣難聽; you are unlikely to meet it你不太可能會遇到它。 If you have to talk about the insult如果你必須談到這個侮辱字眼, say it is a hateful word for a Jewish person就說它是一個用來侮辱猶太人的仇恨字眼, and leave this word itself out而不要把這個字本身說出來。