小強 [－强]

Jyutping siu2 koeng4
Pinyin xiǎo qiáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cockroach (slang)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、俚語
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    a euphemism for cockroaches (a term popularised by the movie "Flirting Scholar" by Stephen Chow in 1993); literally: Little Keung
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, colloquial
    cockroach
  2. noun, colloquial, figuratively
    something difficult to kill or eradicate
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    卖小强不如靠自己。
    賣小強不如靠自己。
    maai6 siu2 keong4 bat1 jyu4 kaau3 zi6 gei2.
    • Asking for pity is not as good as relying on yourself.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    小强自己跑了一段路，回头发现小雄遇见熟人了，本想不理他，自个回家，但大概又放心不下小雄，所以它犹豫一阵后，又屁颠屁颠地跑了回来。
    小強自己跑了一段路，回頭發現小雄遇見熟人了，本想不理他，自個回家，但大概又放心不下小雄，所以它猶豫一陣後，又屁顛屁顛地跑了回來。
    xiǎo qiáng zì jǐ pǎo le yī duàn lù ， huí tóu fā xiàn xiǎo xióng yù jiàn shú rén le ， běn xiǎng bù lǐ tā ， zì gě huí jiā ， dàn dà gài yòu fàng xīn bù xià xiǎo xióng ， suǒ yǐ tā yóu yù yī zhèn hòu ， yòu pì diān pì diān dì pǎo le huí lái ．
    • Xiaoqiang ran part of the way by himself, and when he looked back, he found out that Xiaoxiong met an acquaintance. He originally wanted to not care about him and just go home on his own, but because he was worried about Xiaoxiong, after hesitating for a little bit, he ran back eagerly.