癟三
See also: 瘪三
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (癟三) | 癟 | 三 | |
| simp. (瘪三) | 瘪 | 三 | |
| variant forms | 必三 | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from English beg sir.
Originally used in Shanghainese, to refer to people who stole food from houses in the British Concession of Shanghai. Popularised by literary works in the early 20th century. Later spread to other Chinese varieties.
Pronunciation
Noun
癟三
- (derogatory) wretched-looking jobless people, who make a living by begging or stealing; beggar; hooligan
- (derogatory) idiot; moron
Synonyms
- (vagrant): 無業遊民／无业游民 (wúyèyóumín)
- (beggar):
| Dialectal synonyms of 乞丐 (“beggar”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乞丐 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 要飯的, 老花子 |
| Taiwan | 乞丐 | |
| Harbin | 叫花子, 要飯花子 | |
| Hailar | 要飯的 | |
| Ulanhot | 要飯的, 要飯花子 | |
| Tongliao | 要飯的 | |
| Chifeng | 要飯的 | |
| Bayanhot | 討吃, 要飯的 | |
| Jinan | 要飯的, 叫花子 | |
| Muping | 要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的 | |
| Luoyang | 叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子 | |
| Wanrong | 要飯的, 尋饃的 | |
| Xi'an | 要飯的, 叫花子 | |
| Zhengzhou | 要飯哩 | |
| Xining | 尋口, 要饃饃的 | |
| Xuzhou | 要飯的 | |
| Yinchuan | 討吃 | |
| Lanzhou | 要飯的, 要要吃 | |
| Ürümqi | 要飯的 | |
| Wuhan | 告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的 | |
| Huanggang | 告殼子 | |
| Chengdu | 叫花子, 討口子 | |
| Guiyang | 叫化子 | |
| Liuzhou | 討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化 | |
| Kunming | 花子 | |
| Yangzhou | 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子 | |
| Nanjing | 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的 | |
| Hefei | 要飯的, 叫花子 | |
| Nantong | 告花子, 討飯子 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乞兒 |
| Hong Kong | 乞兒 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 乞兒 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 乞兒, 乞兒佬 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 攞食佬 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 攞食佬 | |
| Macau | 乞兒 | |
| Panyu | 乞兒 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 乞兒 | |
| Conghua | 乞兒 | |
| Zengcheng | 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young | |
| Foshan | 乞兒 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 乞兒 | |
| Shunde | 乞兒 | |
| Sanshui | 乞兒 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 乞兒 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 乞兒 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 乞兒 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 乞兒 | |
| Doumen | 乞耳 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 乞兒 | |
| Xinhui | 乞兒 | |
| Taishan | 乞米仔 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 乞米仔 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 乞米仔 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 乞兒 | |
| Dongguan | 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 乞兒 | |
| Dapeng | 攞食佬 | |
| Shaoguan | 乞兒 | |
| Yunfu | 乞兒 | |
| Yangjiang | 乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female | |
| Xinyi | 乞兒 | |
| Lianjiang | 乞兒 | |
| Nanning | 乞兒 | |
| Hepu | 覓吃佬 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 乞兒 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 乞兒 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 告化子, 討飯個 |
| Lichuan | 告化子, 乞兒 | |
| Pingxiang | 告化子, 花子, 討米個 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 告化仔, 討食個 |
| Xingning | 告化哩 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young | |
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 攞食佬 | |
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 攞食 | |
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 攞食仔 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 攞食 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young | |
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 乞食佬, 攞食 | |
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 攞食佬 | |
| Boluo (Bendihua) | 攞食伊, 攞食佬 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 乞兒 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 酌食哩, 乞丐 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 告化哩 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 絡食哩 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 攞食的, 攞食 | |
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 攞食佬 | |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 告化佬 | |
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 攞食哎 | |
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 告化 | |
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 攞食 | |
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 叫化 | |
| Qujiang | 告化子 | |
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 叫化 | |
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 攞食佬 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 狗化公 | |
| Liannan | 攞食佬 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 攞食佬 | |
| Jiexi | 乞食 | |
| Luchuan | 乞食佬 | |
| Changting | 告化子, 告化 | |
| Pingyu | 告化 | |
| Wuping | 告化 | |
| Ninghua | 乞食 | |
| Yudu | 告化子 | |
| Ruijin | 告化 | |
| Shicheng | 告化 | |
| Shangyou | 告化子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乞食仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 乞食仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 乞食, 仙人 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 乞食仔, 乞食 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 乞食 | |
| Hong Kong | 攞食佬, 乞兒 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 攞食佬 | |
| Senai | 攞食佬 | |
| Singkawang | 乞食 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory |
| Shexian | 討飯唉 | |
| Tunxi | 丐食, 討飯個 | |
| Xiuning | 丐食, 討飯仂 | |
| Yixian | 討飯漢 | |
| Qimen | 討飯個 | |
| Wuyuan | 討飯個, 討飯仂 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Pingyao | 叫花子 | |
| Xinzhou | 討吃子, 要窩窩哩 | |
| Baochang | 要飯的 | |
| Jining | 討吃子 | |
| Hohhot | 討吃子 | |
| Baotou | 討吃子 | |
| Dongsheng | 討吃子 | |
| Linhe | 討吃子 | |
| Haibowan | 討吃子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 化食 |
| Dikou | 化食 | |
| Songxi | 化食 | |
| Zhenghe | 化食 | |
| Zhenqian | 化食 | |
| Jianyang | 化食 | |
| Wuyishan | 討飯 | |
| Shibei | 化食 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 乞食 |
| Changle | 乞食 | |
| Fuqing | 乞食 | |
| Yongtai | 乞食 | |
| Gutian | 乞食 | |
| Fu'an | 乞食 | |
| Ningde | 乞食 | |
| Shouning | 乞食 | |
| Zhouning | 乞食 | |
| Fuding | 乞食 | |
| Matsu | 乞食 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 乞食 |
| Tong'an | 乞食 | |
| Quanzhou | 乞食 | |
| Jinjiang | 乞食, 分米的, 分食的 | |
| Hui'an | 乞食 | |
| Yongchun | 乞食 | |
| Zhangzhou | 乞食 | |
| Longhai | 乞食 | |
| Changtai | 乞食 | |
| Zhangpu | 乞食 | |
| Dongshan | 乞食 | |
| Taipei | 乞食 | |
| Kaohsiung | 乞食 | |
| Tainan | 乞食 | |
| Taichung | 乞食 | |
| Hsinchu | 乞食 | |
| Lukang | 乞食 | |
| Sanxia | 乞食 | |
| Yilan | 乞食 | |
| Kinmen | 乞食 | |
| Magong | 乞食 | |
| Penang | 乞食, 乞食仔 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 乞食 | |
| Longyan | 乞食 | |
| Zhangping | 乞食 | |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) | 乞食 | |
| Datian | 乞食 | |
| Pingnan | 乞兒 | |
| Chaozhou | 乞食 | |
| Shantou | 乞食 | |
| Haifeng | 乞食 | |
| Johor Bahru | 乞食 | |
| Leizhou | 乞食 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乞食 |
| Xianyou | 乞食 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 救化子, 乞兒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 告花子, 癟三 |
| Suzhou | 告化子, 癟三 | |
| Hangzhou | 叫化子, 討飯子 | |
| Wenzhou | 丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個 | |
| Chongming | 掛花子 | |
| Danyang | 告花子, 告花嫚嫚 | |
| Jinhua | 討飯 | |
| Ningbo | 告花子, 討飯 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 告化子, 討飯的 |
| Shuangfeng | 告化子 | |
| Loudi | 叫化子, 叫化 | |
| Quanzhou | 乞丐 | |
- (hooligan): 流氓 (liúmáng)