光棍

光棍

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	stick
trad. (光棍)		光	棍
simp. #(光棍)		光	棍
Literally: “bare stick”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guānggùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): guang¹ gun⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуонгун (guongun, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ gwan³
• Jin (Wiktionary): guon¹ gung³
• Min Bei (KCR): guáng-go̿ng
• Min Dong (BUC): guŏng-góng
• Min Nan (POJ): kong-kùn
• Wu (Wiktionary): kuaan kun (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānggùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanggùn
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-kun⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-gwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguenn
    • Palladius: гуангунь (guangunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɑŋ⁵⁵ kwən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (光棍兒／光棍儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānggùnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanggùnr
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-kunrh⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-gwùnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguell
    • Palladius: гуангуnр (guangunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɑŋ⁵⁵ kwəɻ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guang¹ gun⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guonggun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ kuən²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуонгун (guongun, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑŋ²⁴ kuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ gwan³
    • Yale: gwōng gwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ gwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ guen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: guon¹ gung³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuɒ̃¹¹ kũŋ⁴⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guáng-go̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guŏng-góng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋouŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kùn
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kuaan kun (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯɑ̃⁵⁵ kɯə̯ɲ²¹/

Noun

光棍

1. gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
2. single man; bachelor

   打光棍  ―  dǎguānggùn  ―  to remain a bachelor

3. (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
4. (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
5. (dialectal Mandarin, Min Nan) homeless man; person who has nothing
6. (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
7. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Min Dong) conman; swindler; trickster
8. (Sichuanese) member of Gelaohui

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 單身漢 (“bachelor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		單身漢
Mandarin	Beijing	光棍兒, 光棍兒光, 鰥棍兒
	Taiwan	單身漢
	Harbin	光棍兒, 跑腿子, 光桿子
	Yantai (Muping)	光棍兒, 光棍子, 光漢
	Jinan	光棍兒, 光棍子
	Luoyang	光棍兒, 光棍兒漢兒
	Wanrong	光棍兒
	Xi'an	光棍兒
	Yinchuan	光棍
	Xining	光棍
	Ürümqi	光棍兒
	Wuhan	寡漢條, 光棍
	Chengdu	單身漢兒, 光棍, 光棍兒, 光身漢
	Guiyang	單身漢
	Liuzhou	寡佬, 寡公, 光棍, 單身寡佬
	Xuzhou	光棍漢, 光棍兒漢, 單身漢
	Yangzhou	光棍條子
	Nanjing	單身漢, 光棍
Cantonese	Guangzhou	寡仔, 單身寡仔, 單身寡佬
	Hong Kong	寡佬, 單身寡佬, 王老五
	Taishan	寡佬, 散仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	寡佬, 散仔
	Dongguan	單身寡佬, 光棍佬
Gan	Pingxiang	單身人
Hakka	Meixian	單鳥哥, 單隻阿哥
	Yudu	光棍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	單身哥仔, 單身哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	單身哥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	單身哥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	單身哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	單身哥仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羅漢腳
Jin	Taiyuan	光棍, 光棍漢
	Xinzhou	光棍
Min Bei	Jian'ou	光棍
Min Dong	Fuzhou	單身哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	十一叔, 十一哥
	Quanzhou	十一叔
	Zhangzhou	十一叔
	Taipei	十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	孤𣮈的, 羅漢跤
	Kaohsiung	十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
	Yilan	羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
	Taichung	十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
	Tainan	十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
	Hsinchu	羅漢跤
	Kinmen	十一哥, 十一叔, 孤身
	Penghu (Magong)	十一哥, 羅漢跤
	Shantou	單身漢
	Jieyang	單身囝
	Leizhou	單身漢
	Haikou	光棍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	單身漢, 光棍 derogatory, 光棍兒 derogatory
Wu	Shanghai	單身漢, 光棍, 獨腳伙
	Danyang	單身漢, 光棍條子, 光棍
	Hangzhou	光棍頭
	Ningbo	光棍, 光棍老倌
	Jinhua	光棍, 禿鐵兒, 光棍禿鐵兒 derogatory
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	光棍邋遢兒 derogatory
Xiang	Changsha	單身漢, 光褲帶
	Loudi	光棍

Dialectal synonyms of 騙子 (“cheat; trickster”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		騙子, 騙徒
Mandarin	Beijing	騙子, 騙子手
	Taiwan	騙子
	Tianjin	騙子
	Chengde	騙子, 騙子手
	Tangshan	騙子, 騙子手
	Cangzhou	騙子
	Baoding	騙子, 騙子手
	Shijiazhuang	騙子
	Chifeng	騙子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	騙子
	Heihe	騙子, 騙子手
	Qiqihar	騙子, 拐子
	Harbin	騙子, 騙子手
	Jiamusi	騙子, 騙子手
	Baicheng	騙子, 騙子手
	Changchun	騙子手
	Tonghua	騙子手
	Shenyang	騙子, 騙子手
	Dandong	騙子, 騙子手
	Jinzhou	騙子, 騙子手
	Dalian	騙子
	Yantai	騙子, 騙子手
	Yantai (Muping)	騙子手
	Qingdao	騙子
	Lijin	騙子, 騙子手
	Zhucheng	騙子, 騙子手
	Jinan	騙子, 騙子手
	Jining	騙子
	Luoyang	騙子
	Wanrong	騙子手
	Shangqiu	騙子, 騙子手, 撇子手
	Yuanyang	騙子手, 撇子
	Zhengzhou	騙子
	Lingbao	騙子, 騙子手
	Xinyang	騙子
	Baihe	騙子, 騙子手
	Hanzhong	騙子, 騙子手
	Xi'an	騙子, 騙子手
	Baoji	騙子, 騙子手
	Yinchuan	騙子, 騙子手
	Tianshui	騙子
	Lanzhou	騙子手, 撇家拐子
	Dunhuang	騙子
	Xining	騙子, 騙騙 derogatory
	Hami	騙子
	Ürümqi	騙子, 騙子手, 拐子, 撇家拐子
	Wuhan	騙子
	Yichang	騙子
	Xiangyang	騙子, 標子
	Tianmen	騙子, 騙子手, 白撮子
	Hong'an	騙子, 白撮子
	Chengdu	騙子, 編編匠
	Nanchong	騙子
	Dazhou	騙子, 騙子手
	Hanyuan	騙子, 拐子
	Xichang	騙子
	Zigong	騙子
	Chongqing	騙子
	Guiyang	騙子, 騙子手, 拐子手
	Zunyi	騙子
	Bijie	騙子, 騙子手
	Liping	騙子
	Zhaotong	騙子
	Dali	騙子手
Kunming	騙子
Mengzi	騙子
Guilin	騙子
Liuzhou	騙子, 拐子, 拐子佬
Jishou	騙子
Changde	騙子手
Anqing	騙子
Xuzhou	騙子, 撇子
Fuyang	騙子
Wuhu	騙子
Yangzhou	騙子, 拐子
Lianyungang	騙子
Lianshui	騙子
Nanjing	騙子
Hefei	騙子
Nantong	騙子
Singapore	騙子
Dagudi (Maliba)	騙子
Reshuitang (Longling)	大騙子
Mae Salong (Lancang)	騙子
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	騙子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	光棍, 撞棍, 老千, 千友, 滾友
	Hong Kong	撞棍, 老千
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	拐子佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	呃人個
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	傻人個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	呃人
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老千
	Dongguan	撞棍, 光棍佬, 滾友, 老千
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	騙子
	Beihai	騙子
	Beihai (Nankang)	呃人嘅
	Beihai (Yingpan)	騙子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	騙子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	騙子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	騙子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老千
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	老千
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老千
	Móng Cái	欺騙人
Gan	Nanchang	騙子
	Lichuan	騙子
Hakka	Meixian	騙仔, 撮仔賊
	Dabu (Xihe)	騙子
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	呃人精, 老千
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	呃人咧
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	呃人唉
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	撮仔
	Boluo (Bendihua)	騙仔
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	撮咧
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	騙依
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	騙哎
	Yudu	騙子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落仔, 騙仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	騙個, 詫仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落人個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落子
	Hong Kong	撮仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	騙子
	Senai (Huiyang)	老千
Huizhou	Jixi	騙子, 騙鬼
	Shexian	騙子
Jin	Taiyuan	騙子, 騙子手
	Yangyuan	騙子, 撇子
	Datong	騙子手
	Xinzhou	騙子, 騙子手
	Lishi	騙子, 騙子手
	Linfen	騙子手
	Changzhi	騙子
	Linhe	騙子, 騙子手
	Jining	騙子手
	Hohhot	騙子, 騙子手
	Erenhot	騙子, 騙子手
	Pingshan	騙子, 騙子手
	Zhangjiakou	騙子, 騙子手
	Handan	騙子, 騙子手
	Linzhou	騙了
	Suide	騙子, 騙子手
Min Bei	Jian'ou	騙仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	光棍
Min Nan	Xiamen	佬仔, 黜仔, 大佬
	Quanzhou	佬仔, 黜仔
	Jinjiang	黜仔
	Zhangzhou	佬仔, 黜仔
	Taipei	諞仙仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	術仔, 諞仙仔
	Kaohsiung	諞仙仔
	Yilan	佬仔, 諞仙仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	諞仙
	Taichung	諞仙仔
	Tainan	諞仙仔
	Hsinchu	諞仙仔
	Penghu (Magong)	諞仙, 騙子
	Shantou	騙囝
	Jieyang	佬囝, 騙囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	騙儂個
	Leizhou	光棍
	Haikou	光棍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	騙子, 拐子佬
Wu	Shanghai	騙子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拐子
	Suzhou	騙子
	Danyang	騙子, 騙鬼郎中
	Hangzhou	騙子
	Ningbo	騙子, 拐子, 騙賊拐子
	Wenzhou	拐兒
	Jinhua	騙子, 拐子兒
Xiang	Changsha	辵巴子
	Loudi	騙子手, 拐子

Adjective

光棍

1. (dialectal Mandarin) astute; quick; shrewd
2. (dialectal Mandarin) staunch; upright
3. (dialectal Mandarin) pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
4. (dialectal Mandarin) narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered

Derived terms

不光棍 充光棍 光棍遇著冇皮柴 女光棍 打光棍 (dǎ guānggùn) 泥腿光棍 游嘴光棍 老光棍

光棍不吃眼前虧／光棍不吃眼前亏 光棍佬教仔，便宜莫貪／光棍佬教仔，便宜莫贪 光棍節／光棍节 (guānggùnjié) 油頭光棍／油头光棍 財到光棍手，一去冇回頭／财到光棍手，一去冇回头 闖光棍／闯光棍 飛天光棍／飞天光棍