電燈膽

Chinese

light; lamp
the gall; the nerve; courage
the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
 
trad. (電燈膽) 電燈 膽
simp. (电灯胆) 电灯 胆

Pronunciation

Noun

電燈膽

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Hainanese) lightbulb
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka) someone who is tactless, especially a third wheel; unwelcome companion

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“light bulb”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 電燈泡, 燈泡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 電燈泡兒, 燈泡兒, 燈泡子
Taiwan 電燈泡, 燈泡
Harbin 燈泡兒, 泡子
Singapore 電燈泡, 燈泡
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 燈泡兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 電燈, 電泡, 燈泡
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 泡子
Wanrong 燈泡
Xuzhou 電燈泡兒, 電燈泡子, 泡子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 電燈泡子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 泡子
Wuhan 泡子
Guiyang 泡子, 電燈泡
Liuzhou 電燈膽
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 燈泡子
Cantonese Guangzhou 電燈膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
Hong Kong 電燈膽, 燈膽
Taishan 電膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
Kaiping (Chikan) 電燈膽, 燈膽
Dongguan 電燈膽
Gan Nanchang 燈泡子, 泡子
Lichuan 燈泡
Pingxiang 燈泡子, 泡子
Hakka Meixian 電燈膽, 燈膽
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 電燈膽
Yudu 燈泡子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 電球仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鴨胲仔, 電球
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 電球
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 電火珠, 電球
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 電球
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 電火球
Huizhou Jixi 電燈泡, 燈泡
Jin Taiyuan 泡子
Northern Min Jian'ou 電光泡, 燈泡, 泡仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 電光泡
Southern Min Xiamen 電珠, 電葩
Quanzhou 電珠
Zhangzhou 電葩
Kaohsiung 電火球仔, 電火探仔
Yilan 電火珠仔
Changhua (Lukang) 電珠仔
Taichung 電球仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 電火球仔
Tainan 電火泡仔
Taitung 電火球仔
Hsinchu 電球
Penghu (Magong) 電球
Penang (Hokkien) 電珠
Singapore (Hokkien) 電珠
Manila (Hokkien) 電珠
Shantou 燈膽, 燈泡
Jieyang 電膽, 電燈泡, 電泡
Leizhou 燈膽
Haikou 電燈膽, 燈膽
Wu Shanghai 電燈泡
Suzhou 電燈泡
Danyang 燈泡
Hangzhou 電燈泡
Jinhua 電燈泡, 燈泡
Xiang Changsha 泡子
Loudi 泡子
Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“third wheel”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 電燈泡
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 電燈泡子
Cantonese Guangzhou 電燈膽
Hong Kong 電燈膽, 飛利浦
Kaiping (Chikan) 電燈膽
Dongguan 電燈膽
Hakka Meixian 電燈膽
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 電燈膽
Eastern Min Fuzhou 電光泡
Southern Min Jieyang 電燈泡
Wu Shanghai 電燈泡, 燈泡, 菲力浦
Suzhou 電燈泡
Hangzhou 電燈泡
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