四眼佬
Chinese
| wearing glasses; four-eyed | man; guy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (四眼佬) | 四眼 | 佬 | |
| simp. #(四眼佬) | 四眼 | 佬 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 ngaan5 lou2
- Yale: sei ngáahn lóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 ngaan5 lou2
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 ngan5 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ lou̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhei1 ngan2 lau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬei³³ ᵑɡan⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
四眼佬
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 |
| Taiwan | 四眼田雞 | |
| Harbin | 四眼兒 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 pejorative |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 二餅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 四眼佬 man, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼狗 pejorative |
| Hong Kong | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼佬 man, 四眼婆 woman, 四眼龜 pejorative | |
| Taishan | 四眼佬 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 四眼佬 | |
| Dongguan | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼佬 man | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 四眼兒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目鏡生 |
| Xianyou | 目鏡生 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 四眼田雞, 四眼狗 pejorative, 四隻眼 pejorative, 架樑 |