打光棍

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	bare stick; gangster; hoodlum bare stick; gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian; single man; bachelor
trad. (打光棍)		打	光棍
simp. #(打光棍)		打	光棍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ guānggùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gwong¹ gwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ guānggùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ guanggùn
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ kuang¹-kun⁴
    • Yale: dǎ gwāng-gwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa guangguenn
    • Palladius: да гуангунь (da guangunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎguānggùnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎguanggùnr
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kuang¹-kun⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎ-gwāng-gwùnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaguangguell
    • Palladius: дагуангуньр (daguangunʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯əɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gwong¹ gwan³
    • Yale: dá gwōng gwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gwong¹ gwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² guong¹ guen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/

Verb

打⫽光棍 (verb-object)

1. (colloquial) to remain a bachelor