毒撚

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	twirl (in the fingers)
trad. (毒撚)		毒	撚
simp. #(毒撚)		毒	撚
alternative forms		毒拎 毒L

Etymology

Vulgar alteration of 毒男, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 毒男(どくお) (dokuo), which is a homophone of 独男(どくお) (dokuo, “single male”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ lan²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ lan²
    • Yale: duhk lán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ lan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ len²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² lɐn³⁵/

Noun

毒撚

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, vulgar) lonely boy or man; dork; nerdy boy or man who women are generally not interested in (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

Synonyms

• 毒男
• 宅男 (zháinán)

See also

• 脫毒／脱毒