Wokou (Chinese: 倭寇; pinyin: Wōkòu; Japanese: Wakō; Korean: 왜구 Waegu), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea.
Wokou(Chinese: 倭寇; pinyin: Wōkòu; Japanese: Wakō; Korean: 왜구) bedeutet wörtlich "japanische Piraten" oder "Zwergpiraten", die die Küsten von China und Korea überfielen.