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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
電燈泡
- light bulb (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)
- (figurative) third wheel (accompanying two people on a date), as if the person is the light bulb in the background
- (Wu, figurative) bald head
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
電燈泡 (“light bulb”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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電燈泡, 燈泡
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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電燈泡兒, 燈泡兒, 燈泡子
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Taiwan
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電燈泡, 燈泡
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Harbin
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燈泡兒, 泡子
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Singapore
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電燈泡, 燈泡
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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燈泡兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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泡子
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Wanrong
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燈泡
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Xuzhou
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電燈泡兒, 電燈泡子, 泡子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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電燈泡子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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泡子
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Wuhan
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泡子
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Guiyang
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泡子, 電燈泡
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Liuzhou
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電燈膽
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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燈泡子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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電燈膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
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Hong Kong
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電燈膽, 燈膽
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Taishan
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電膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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電燈膽, 燈膽
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Dongguan
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電燈膽
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Gan
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Nanchang
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燈泡子, 泡子
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Lichuan
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燈泡
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Pingxiang
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燈泡子, 泡子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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電燈膽, 燈膽
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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電燈膽
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Yudu
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燈泡子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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電球仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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鴨胲仔, 電球
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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電球
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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電火珠, 電球
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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電球
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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電火球
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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電燈泡, 燈泡
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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泡子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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電光泡, 燈泡, 泡仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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電光泡
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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電珠, 電葩
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Quanzhou
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電珠
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Zhangzhou
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電葩
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Kaohsiung
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電火球仔, 電火探仔
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Yilan
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電火珠仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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電珠仔
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Taichung
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電球仔
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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電火球仔
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Tainan
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電火泡仔
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Taitung
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電火球仔
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Hsinchu
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電球
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Penghu (Magong)
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電球
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Penang (Hokkien)
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電珠
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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電珠
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Shantou
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燈膽, 燈泡
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Jieyang
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電膽, 電燈泡, 電泡
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Leizhou
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燈膽
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Haikou
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電燈膽, 燈膽
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Wu
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Shanghai
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電燈泡
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Suzhou
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電燈泡
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Danyang
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燈泡
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Hangzhou
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電燈泡
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Jinhua
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電燈泡, 燈泡
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Xiang
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Changsha
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泡子
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Loudi
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泡子
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Dialectal synonyms of
電燈泡 (“third wheel”)
- (bald head): 禿頭/秃头 (tūtóu), 光頭/光头 (guāngtóu), 禿頂/秃顶 (tūdǐng)
Derived terms