四眼兒

Chinese

		four	eye	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (四眼兒)		四	眼	兒
simp. (四眼儿)		四	眼	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyǎnr

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ

• Jin (Wiktionary): si³ ier²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: sz̀-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyeal
    • Palladius: сыяньр (syjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: si³ ier²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩⁴⁵ ieɻ⁵³/

Noun

四眼兒

1. (colloquial, figurative, derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses; four-eyes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Wu	Shanghai	四眼田雞, 四眼狗 pejorative, 四隻眼 pejorative, 架樑