四眼佬

Chinese

		four	eye	man; guy
trad. (四眼佬)		四	眼	佬
simp. #(四眼佬)		四	眼	佬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ ngaan⁵ lou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei¹ ngan² lau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ ngaan⁵ lou²
    • Yale: sei ngáahn lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ ngaan⁵ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ ngan⁵ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ lou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhei¹ ngan² lau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬei³³ ᵑɡan⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/

Noun

四眼佬

1. (Cantonese, figurative) bespectacled man; man who wears glasses; four-eyes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		-
Mandarin	Beijing	四眼兒, 四眼兒狗
	Taiwan	四眼田雞
	Harbin	四眼兒
	Xuzhou	四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 pejorative
	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
Wu	Shanghai	四眼田雞, 四眼狗 pejorative, 四隻眼 pejorative, 架樑