光棍

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Chinese

light; ray; bright stick
trad. (光棍) 光 棍
simp. #(光棍) 光 棍
Literally: “bare stick”.

Pronunciation

Noun

光棍

  1. gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
  2. single man; bachelor
    打光棍  ―  dǎguānggùn  ―  to remain a bachelor
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
  4. (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
  5. (dialectal Mandarin, Southern Min) homeless man; person who has nothing
  6. (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
  7. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Eastern Min, dated in Mandarin) conman; swindler; trickster
  8. (Sichuanese) member of Gelaohui

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 單身漢 (“bachelor”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 單身漢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 光棍兒, 光棍兒光, 鰥棍兒
Taiwan 單身漢
Harbin 光棍兒, 跑腿子, 光桿子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 光棍兒, 光棍子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 光棍兒, 光棍子, 光漢
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 光棍兒, 光棍兒漢兒
Wanrong 光棍兒
Xi'an 光棍兒, 光身漢
Xining 光棍
Xuzhou 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢, 單身漢
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 光棍
Ürümqi 光棍兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 單身漢兒, 光棍, 光棍兒, 光身漢
Wuhan 單身漢, 寡漢條, 光棍
Guiyang 單身漢
Liuzhou 寡佬, 寡公, 光棍, 單身寡佬
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 單身漢, 光棍
Yangzhou 光棍條子
Hefei 光棍, 光桿子, 寡漢, 寡漢條子
Cantonese Guangzhou 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 寡仔, 單身寡仔
Hong Kong 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 王老五
Taishan 寡佬, 散仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 寡佬, 散仔
Dongguan 單身寡佬, 光棍佬
Yangjiang 寡佬
Gan Nanchang 單身
Pingxiang 單身人
Hakka Meixian 單鳥哥, 單隻阿哥
Yudu 光棍
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 單身哥仔, 單身哥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 單身哥仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 單身哥仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 單身哥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 單身哥仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 羅漢腳
Jin Taiyuan 光棍, 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢
Xinzhou 光棍
Northern Min Jian'ou 單身漢, 光棍
Eastern Min Fuzhou 單身哥
Southern Min Xiamen 單身漢, 十一叔, 十一哥
Quanzhou 十一叔
Zhangzhou 十一叔
Taipei 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 孤𣮈的, 羅漢跤
Kaohsiung 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Yilan 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Changhua (Lukang) 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
Taichung 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
Tainan 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Hsinchu 羅漢跤
Kinmen 十一哥, 十一叔, 孤身
Penghu (Magong) 十一哥, 羅漢跤
Chaozhou 單身囝
Shantou 單身漢
Jieyang 單身囝
Leizhou 單身漢
Haikou 光棍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 單身漢, 光棍 derogatory, 光棍兒 derogatory
Wu Shanghai 單身漢, 光棍, 獨腳伙
Suzhou 單身漢
Danyang 單身漢, 光棍條子, 光棍
Hangzhou 光棍頭
Ningbo 光棍, 光棍老倌
Wenzhou 單獨自人, 獨自人
Jinhua 光棍, 禿鐵兒, 光棍禿鐵兒 derogatory
Jinhua (Tangxi) 光棍邋遢兒 derogatory
Xiang Changsha 單身漢, 單身漢子, 光褲帶
Loudi 光棍
Shuangfeng 單身家, 單身公
Hengyang 單身公
Dialectal synonyms of 騙子 (“cheat; trickster”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 騙子, 騙徒
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 騙子, 騙子手
Taiwan 騙子
Chengde 騙子, 騙子手
Chifeng 騙子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 騙子
Heihe 騙子, 騙子手
Qiqihar 騙子, 拐子
Harbin 騙子, 騙子手
Jiamusi 騙子, 騙子手
Baicheng 騙子, 騙子手
Changchun 騙子手
Tonghua 騙子手
Shenyang 騙子, 騙子手
Jinzhou 騙子, 騙子手
Singapore 騙子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 騙子
Tangshan 騙子, 騙子手
Cangzhou 騙子
Baoding 騙子, 騙子手
Shijiazhuang 騙子
Lijin 騙子, 騙子手
Jinan 騙子, 騙子手
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 騙子
Dandong 騙子, 騙子手
Yantai 騙子, 騙子手
Yantai (Muping) 騙子手
Qingdao 騙子
Zhucheng 騙子, 騙子手
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 騙子
Lingbao 騙子, 騙子手
Jining 騙子
Wanrong 騙子手
Linfen 騙子手
Shangqiu 騙子, 騙子手, 撇子手
Yuanyang 騙子手, 撇子
Zhengzhou 騙子
Xinyang 騙子
Baihe 騙子, 騙子手
Xi'an 騙子, 騙子手
Baoji 騙子, 騙子手
Tianshui 騙子
Xining 騙子, 騙騙 derogatory
Xuzhou 騙子, 撇子
Fuyang 騙子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 騙子, 騙子手
Lanzhou 騙子手, 撇家拐子
Dunhuang 騙子
Hami 騙子
Ürümqi 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子, 撇家拐子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 騙子, 編編匠
Nanchong 騙子
Dazhou 騙子, 騙子手
Hanyuan 騙子, 拐子
Xichang 騙子
Zigong 騙子
Chongqing 騙子
Wuhan 騙子
Yichang 騙子
Xiangyang 騙子, 標子
Tianmen 騙子, 騙子手, 白撮子
Guiyang 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子手
Zunyi 騙子
Bijie 騙子, 騙子手
Liping 騙子
Zhaotong 騙子
Dali 騙子手
Kunming 騙子
Mengzi 騙子
Guilin 騙子
Liuzhou 騙子, 拐子, 拐子佬
Jishou 騙子
Changde 騙子手
Hanzhong 騙子, 騙子手
Dagudi (Maliba) 騙子
Reshuitang (Longling) 大騙子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 騙子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 騙子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 騙子
Yangzhou 騙子, 拐子
Lianyungang 騙子
Lianshui 騙子
Nantong 騙子
Anqing 騙子
Wuhu 騙子
Hefei 騙子
Hong'an 騙子, 白撮子
Cantonese Guangzhou 光棍, 撞棍, 老千, 千友, 滾友
Hong Kong 老千, 撞棍, 拆白黨 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 拐子佬
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 呃人個
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 傻人個
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 呃人
Kaiping (Chikan) 老千
Dongguan 撞棍, 光棍佬, 滾友, 老千
Hepu (Lianzhou) 騙子
Hepu (Shatian) 騙仔
Beihai 騙子
Beihai (Nankang) 呃人嘅
Beihai (Yingpan) 騙子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 騙子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 騙子
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 騙子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老千
Sarikei (Xinhui) 老千
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老千
Móng Cái 欺騙人
Gan Nanchang 騙子
Lichuan 騙子
Hakka Meixian 騙仔, 撮仔賊
Dabu (Xihe) 騙子
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 呃人精, 老千
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 呃人咧
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 呃人唉
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 撮仔
Boluo (Bendihua) 騙仔
Heyuan (Bendihua) 撮咧
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 騙依
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 騙哎
Yudu 騙子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 騙仔, 落仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 騙個
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 虎𡳞王
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 騙子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 落仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 落人個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 落仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 落子
Hong Kong 撮仔
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 騙子
Senai (Huiyang) 老千
Huizhou Jixi 騙子, 騙鬼
Shexian 騙子
Jin Taiyuan 騙子, 騙子手
Yangyuan 騙子, 撇子
Datong 騙子手
Xinzhou 騙子, 騙子手
Lüliang (Lishi) 騙子, 騙子手
Changzhi 騙子
Linhe 騙子, 騙子手
Jining 騙子手
Hohhot 騙子, 騙子手
Erenhot 騙子, 騙子手
Pingshan 騙子, 騙子手
Zhangjiakou 騙子, 騙子手
Handan 騙子, 騙子手
Linzhou 騙了
Suide 騙子, 騙子手
Northern Min Jian'ou 騙仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 光棍
Southern Min Xiamen 佬仔, 甪仔, 大佬, 白賊七, 白賊七仔
Quanzhou 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七
Jinjiang 甪仔
Zhangzhou 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七, 白賊七仔
Taipei 諞仙仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 諞仙仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 術仔, 諞仙仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 術仔, 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 諞仙仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 諞仙仔
Yilan 佬仔, 諞仙仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 諞仙仔
Changhua (Lukang) 諞仙
Taichung 諞仙仔
Tainan 諞仙仔
Tainan (Anping) 諞仙仔
Hsinchu 諞仙仔
Penghu (Magong) 諞仙, 騙子
Penghu (Xiyu) 諞仙
Shantou 騙囝
Jieyang 佬囝, 騙囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 騙儂個
Leizhou 光棍
Haikou 光棍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 騙子, 拐子佬
Wu Shanghai 騙子
Shanghai (Chongming) 拐子
Suzhou 騙子
Danyang 騙子, 騙鬼郎中
Hangzhou 騙子
Ningbo 騙子, 拐子, 騙賊拐子
Wenzhou 拐兒
Jinhua 騙子, 拐子兒
Xiang Changsha 辵巴子
Loudi 騙子手, 拐子
Hengyang 騙子手

Adjective

光棍

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) astute; quick; shrewd
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) staunch; upright
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
  4. (dialectal Mandarin) narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered

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