光棍

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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光棍

  1. gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
  2. single man; bachelor
    光棍  ―  guānggùn  ―  to remain a bachelor
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
  4. (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
  5. (dialectal Mandarin, Southern Min) homeless man; person who has nothing
  6. (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
  7. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Eastern Min, dated in Mandarin) conman; swindler; trickster
  8. (Sichuanese) member of Gelaohui

Synonyms

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Adjective

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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

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