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光棍
Mandarin · pinyin guāng gùn
Meanings
- gangster; hoodlum
- bachelor; single man
- (dialect) wise person; astute person
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1–4 · guang1 gun4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwong1 gwan3
Cantonese word readings for 光棍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
- single man; bachelor
- (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
- (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
- (dialectal Mandarin, Southern Min) homeless man; person who has nothing
- (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
- (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Eastern Min, Puxian Min, dated in Mandarin) conman; swindler; trickster
- (Sichuanese) member of Gelaohui
adj
- (dialectal Mandarin) astute; quick; shrewd
- (dialectal Mandarin) staunch; upright
- (dialectal Mandarin) pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
- (dialectal Mandarin) narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered
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