王老五

Chinese

king; Wang (proper name)
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 five
trad. (王老五) 王 老 五
simp. #(王老五) 王 老 五

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

王老五

  1. (slang, colloquial) bachelor

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 單身漢 (“bachelor”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 單身漢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 光棍兒, 光棍兒光, 鰥棍兒
Taiwan 單身漢
Harbin 光棍兒, 跑腿子, 光桿子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 光棍兒, 光棍子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 光棍兒, 光棍子, 光漢
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 光棍兒, 光棍兒漢兒
Wanrong 光棍兒
Xi'an 光棍兒, 光身漢
Xining 光棍
Xuzhou 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢, 單身漢
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 光棍
Ürümqi 光棍兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 單身漢兒, 光棍, 光棍兒, 光身漢
Wuhan 單身漢, 寡漢條, 光棍
Guiyang 單身漢
Liuzhou 寡佬, 寡公, 光棍, 單身寡佬
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 單身漢, 光棍
Yangzhou 光棍條子
Hefei 光棍, 光桿子, 寡漢, 寡漢條子
Cantonese Guangzhou 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 寡仔, 單身寡仔
Hong Kong 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 王老五
Taishan 寡佬, 散仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 寡佬, 散仔
Dongguan 單身寡佬, 光棍佬
Yangjiang 寡佬
Gan Nanchang 單身
Pingxiang 單身人
Hakka Meixian 單鳥哥, 單隻阿哥
Yudu 光棍
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 單身哥仔, 單身哥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 單身哥仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 單身哥仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 單身哥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 單身哥仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 羅漢腳
Jin Taiyuan 光棍, 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢
Xinzhou 光棍
Northern Min Jian'ou 單身漢, 光棍
Eastern Min Fuzhou 單身哥
Southern Min Xiamen 單身漢, 十一叔, 十一哥
Quanzhou 十一叔
Zhangzhou 十一叔
Taipei 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 孤𣮈的, 羅漢跤
Kaohsiung 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Yilan 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Changhua (Lukang) 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
Taichung 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔
Tainan 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔
Hsinchu 羅漢跤
Kinmen 十一哥, 十一叔, 孤身
Penghu (Magong) 十一哥, 羅漢跤
Chaozhou 單身囝
Shantou 單身漢
Jieyang 單身囝
Leizhou 單身漢
Haikou 光棍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 單身漢, 光棍 derogatory, 光棍兒 derogatory
Wu Shanghai 單身漢, 光棍, 獨腳伙
Suzhou 單身漢
Danyang 單身漢, 光棍條子, 光棍
Hangzhou 光棍頭
Ningbo 光棍, 光棍老倌
Wenzhou 單獨自人, 獨自人
Jinhua 光棍, 禿鐵兒, 光棍禿鐵兒 derogatory
Jinhua (Tangxi) 光棍邋遢兒 derogatory
Xiang Changsha 單身漢, 單身漢子, 光褲帶
Loudi 光棍
Shuangfeng 單身家, 單身公
Hengyang 單身公

Derived terms

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