飛利浦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (飛利浦)		飛	利	浦
simp. (飞利浦)		飞	利	浦

Etymology

Genericized trademark. From English Philips, a light bulb brand.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ lei⁶ pou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ lei⁶ pou²
    • Yale: fēi leih póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ lei⁶ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ léi⁶ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ lei̯²² pʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

飛利浦

1. (Cantonese, dated) someone who is tactless, especially a third wheel; unwelcome companion

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“third wheel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	電燈泡
	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