四眼龜
Chinese
| wearing glasses; four-eyed | tortoise; turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (四眼龜) | 四眼 | 龜 | |
| simp. (四眼龟) | 四眼 | 龟 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 ngaan5 gwai1
- Yale: sei ngáahn gwāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 ngaan5 gwai1
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 ngan5 guei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
四眼龜
- (Cantonese, figurative, derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses; four-eyes
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 |
| Taiwan | 四眼田雞 | |
| Harbin | 四眼兒 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 pejorative |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 二餅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 四眼佬 man, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼狗 pejorative |
| Hong Kong | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼佬 man, 四眼婆 woman, 四眼龜 pejorative | |
| Taishan | 四眼佬 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 四眼佬 | |
| Dongguan | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼佬 man | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 四眼兒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目鏡生 |
| Xianyou | 目鏡生 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 四眼田雞, 四眼狗 pejorative, 四隻眼 pejorative, 架樑 |