四眼龜
Chinese
| four | eye | tortoise; turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (四眼龜) | 四 | 眼 | 龜 | |
| simp. (四眼龟) | 四 | 眼 | 龟 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
四眼龜
- (Cantonese, figurative, derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses; four-eyes
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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