四眼狗
Chinese
| wearing glasses; four-eyed | dog | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (四眼狗) |
四眼 | 狗 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎngǒu [Phonetic: sìyángǒu]
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎngǒu
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-yen3-kou3
- Yale: sz̀-yǎn-gǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyeangoou
- Palladius: сыяньгоу (syjanʹgou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎnrgǒu [Phonetic: sìyánrgǒu]
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄍㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎnrgǒu
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-yen3-ʼrh-kou3
- Yale: sz̀-yǎnr-gǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyealgoou
- Palladius: сыяньргоу (syjanʹrgou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 ngaan5 gau2
- Yale: sei ngáahn gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 ngaan5 gau2
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 ngan5 geo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
四眼狗
- (regional, derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses, especially a young person; four-eyes
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 |