擦鞋仔
Chinese
minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (擦鞋仔) | 擦鞋 | 仔 | |
| simp. #(擦鞋仔) | 擦鞋 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caat3 haai4 zai2
- Yale: chaat hàaih jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat8 haai4 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: cad3 hai4 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³ haːi̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
擦鞋仔
- (Cantonese) shoeshiner
- (Cantonese, figurative) brown noser; flatterer; sycophant
Synonyms
- (shoeshiner): 擦鞋工, 擦鞋匠
- (flatter):
Dialectal synonyms of 馬屁精 (“bootlicker; flatterer; brownnose; sycophant; toady”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬屁精 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬屁精 |
| Harbin | 溜鬚匠兒 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舔腚官 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 舔腚官 |
| Wanrong | 舔溝子蟲兒, 舔溝子貨 | |
| Xi'an | 溜溝子貨 | |
| Xining | 舔溝子 | |
| Xuzhou | 巴結鬼, 巴結鬼兒, 舔腚官, 哈巴狗, 哈巴狗兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 溝子客 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 呵二屁, 呵屁眼兒 |
| Nantong | 馬屁精, 馬屁客人 | |
| Anqing | 巴結猴兒 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 擦鞋仔 |
| Hong Kong | 擦鞋仔, 擦鞋友 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 溜溝子貨, 舔屁眼貨, 爬溝子貨, 舔㞘子貨 |
| Suide | 溜溝子貨 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扶仙 |
| Tainan | 扶仙 | |
| Shantou | 𡳞脬鬼, 𡳞脬客 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡳞脬客 | |
| Jieyang | 𡳞脬客 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬屁精 |
| Suzhou | 馬屁精 | |
| Danyang | 呵卵脬 | |
| Hangzhou | 馬屁精 | |
| Ningbo | 馬屁精, 馬屁鬼 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬屁精 |