耳光

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Chinese

		ear	light; ray; bright
trad. (耳光)		耳	光
simp. ^#(耳光)		耳	光

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): ěrguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er³ guang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gwong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-kuaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ěrguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěrguang
  - Wade–Giles: êrh³-kuang¹
  - Yale: ěr-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelguang
  - Palladius: эргуан (erguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: er³ guang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rguong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ⁵³ kuaŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ gwong¹
  - Yale: yíh gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-kuaon
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 kuaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-kuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

耳光

box on the ears(Classifier: 記／记)
(figurative) slap in the face; blow

Synonyms

(box on the ears): (dialectal) 耳巴, 耳巴子, 耳屎 (ěrshǐ), 耳乎子, 耳矢; (Wu) 巴掌 (bāzhang)

Derived terms

打耳光 (dǎ ěrguāng)
摑耳光／掴耳光 (guāi'érguāng)

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