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 (dokuo), which is a homophone of 独男 (dokuo, “single male”).
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
毒撚
- (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)