光棍 [－－]

Jyutping gwong1 gwan3
Pinyin guāng gùn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. gangster
  2. hoodlum
  3. a single person
  4. bachelor
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    騙子​；​呃​人​錢​財​嘅​人​（​量​詞​：​個​／​條​）
    fraudster; trickster; con-artist
    • 財到光棍手，仲有得回頭咩？
      财到光棍手，仲有得回头咩？
      coi4 dou3 gwong1 gwan3 sau2, zung6 jau5 dak1 wui4 tau4 me1?
      Do you still think the fraudster would return your money?
  2. 名詞
    已經​一把​年紀​但​係​仲未結​婚​嘅​男人​（​量​詞​：​個​／​條​）
    a bachelor or single man who is not young, typically above the usual age of marriage
    • 佢已經四十歲人，仲係光棍一條。
      佢已经四十岁人，仲系光棍一条。
      keoi5 ji5 ging1 sei3 sap6 seoi3 jan4, zung6 hai6 gwong1 gwan3 jat1 tiu4.
      He is already forty years old but he is still single.
  3. 近義詞
    光棍佬
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Mandarin, Min-Nan, dialectal
    homeless man; person who has nothing
  2. noun
    gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
  3. noun, Mandarin, dialectal
    hardened gambler
  4. noun, Mandarin, dialectal
    hero; brave man; great man
  5. noun
    single man; bachelor
    • 打光棍
      打光棍
      dǎ guāng gùn
      to remain a bachelor
  6. noun, Sichuanese
    member of Gelaohui
  7. noun, Mandarin, Wu
    smart person; astute person; smart cookie
  8. noun, Cantonese, Hainanese, Leizhou-Min, Min-Dong
    conman; swindler; trickster
  9. adj, Mandarin, dialectal
    pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
  10. adj, Mandarin, dialectal
    astute; quick; shrewd
  11. adj, Mandarin, dialectal
    staunch; upright
  12. adj, Mandarin, dialectal
    narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
  2. 騙子 – 骗子
  3. 無賴 – 无赖
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国十一月十一号是光棍节。
    在中國十一月十一號是光棍節。
    zài zhōng guó shí yī yuè shí yī hào shì guāng gùn jié 。
    • In China, the 11th of November is Singles Day.
  2. Mandarin
    你是光棍儿吗？
    你是光棍兒嗎？
    nǐ shì guāng gùn er ma ？
    • Are you single?
    • Are you a bachelor?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    光棍
    光棍
    • fraudster
  2. Cantonese
    财到光棍手，仲有得回头咩？
    財到光棍手，仲有得回頭咩？
    coi4 dou3 gwong1 gwan3 sau2, zung6 jau5 dak1 wui4 tau4 me1?
    • Do you still think the fraudster would return your money?
  3. Cantonese
    佢已经四十岁人，仲系光棍一条。
    佢已經四十歲人，仲係光棍一條。
    keoi5 ji5 ging1 sei3 sap6 seoi3 jan4, zung6 hai6 gwong1 gwan3 jat1 tiu4.
    • He is already forty years old but he is still single.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    打光棍
    打光棍
    dǎ guāng gùn
    • to remain a bachelor
  2. Mandarin
    就在记者以为今年光棍节与去年一样，没有多少人登记结婚的时候，前来排队的新人开始逐渐增多。
    就在記者以為今年光棍節與去年一樣，沒有多少人登記結婚的時候，前來排隊的新人開始逐漸增多。
    jiù zài jì zhě yǐ wèi jīn nián guāng gùn jié yǔ qù nián yī yàng ， méi yǒu duō shào rén dēng jì jié hūn de shí hòu ， qián lái pái duì de xīn rén kāi shǐ zhú jiàn zēng duō ．
    • Right as the journalist thought that this year's Singles' Day is the same as last year's, that not many people would go get married at the registry, there were gradually more newlyweds-to-be coming to line up [at the registry].