光棍
Chinese
| light; ray; bright | stick | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (光棍) |
光 | 棍 | |
| Literally: “bare stick”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong1 gwan3
- Min Dong (BUC): guŏng-góng
- Min Nan (POJ): kong-kùn
- Wu (Wiktionary): kuaan kun (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguenn
- IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (光棍兒／光棍儿)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguell
- IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kwəɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gwong1 gwan3
- Yale: gwōng gwan
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwong1 gwan3
- Guangdong Romanization: guong1 guen3
- IPA (key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kùn
- Tâi-lô: kong-kùn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kongkuxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kun⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: kuaan kun (T1)
- IPA (key): /kɯɑ̃⁵⁵ kɯə̯ɲ²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
光棍
- gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
- single man; bachelor
- (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
- (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
- (dialectal Mandarin, Min Nan) homeless man; person who has nothing
- (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
- (Min Dong) conman; swindler; human or goods trafficker
Adjective
光棍
- (dialectal Mandarin) astute; quick; shrewd
- (dialectal Mandarin) staunch; upright
- (dialectal Mandarin) pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
- (dialectal Mandarin) narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered
Derived terms
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