觀音兵 [观－－]

Jyutping gun1 jam1 bing1
Pinyin guān yīn bīng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (slang) a man who willingly acts as a woman's attendant in the hope of winning her heart despite the actual chances being very slim in reality
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、俚語
    為​咗​追求​所心儀​、​崇拜​嘅​女性​（​「​觀音​」​）​，​而願​意順​從​佢​、​俾​佢​利用​，​但​係​冇​達成​浪漫​關​係​同​得到​名份​嘅​男性​（​量​詞​：​個​）
    friendzoned suitor(s); a poor male who enters into a symbiotic but wholly subservient relationship with a "goddess" (whom he may worship but not approach), in which he is closer to a slave than a potential romantic partner; literally: soldier of Goddess of Mercy
    • 你唔好當正自己係人哋條仔至得𠿪，人哋當你係觀音兵咋戇鳩仔。
      你唔好当正自己系人哋条仔至得𠿪，人哋当你系观音兵咋戆鸠仔。
      nei5 m4 hou2 dong3 zing3 zi6 gei2 hai6 jan4 dei6 tiu4 zai2 zi3 dak1 gaa2, jan4 dei6 dong3 nei5 hai6 gun1 jam1 bing1 zaa3 ngong6 gau1 zai2.
      Don't you think you're her boyfriend. You are just a friendzoned admirer subservient to her, you idiot.
  2. 近義詞
    工具人
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese, slang
    pathetic guy who would do everything for a girl (in a hardly reciprocated relationship); friendzoned suitor; doormat
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 護花使者 – 护花使者
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    观音兵
    觀音兵
    gun1 jam1 bing1
    • admirers of (literally 'soldiers') of an attractive and manipulative lady (literally 'the goddess')
  2. Cantonese
    你唔好当正自己系人哋条仔至得𠿪，人哋当你系观音兵咋戆鸠仔。
    你唔好當正自己係人哋條仔至得𠿪，人哋當你係觀音兵咋戇鳩仔。
    nei5 m4 hou2 dong3 zing3 zi6 gei2 hai6 jan4 dei6 tiu4 zai2 zi3 dak1 gaa2, jan4 dei6 dong3 nei5 hai6 gun1 jam1 bing1 zaa3 ngong6 gau1 zai2.
    • Don't you think you're her boyfriend. You are just a friendzoned admirer subservient to her, you idiot.
  3. Cantonese
    收观音兵
    收觀音兵
    sau1 gun1 jam1 bing1
    • (of women) to act nice to an admirer so that the person will run around looking after herself
  4. Cantonese
    佢当你系观音兵咋，等你仲成日帮佢整电脑乘机接近佢。
    佢當你係觀音兵咋，等你仲成日幫佢整電腦乘機接近佢。
    keoi5 dong3 nei5 hai6 gun1 jam1 bing1 zaa3, dang2 nei5 zung6 seng4 jat6 bong1 keoi5 zing2 din6 nou5 sing4 gei1 zip3 gan6 keoi5.
    • You're just a pre-whipped pushover in her eyes. So much for you always helping her with her computer, trying to get next to her.
  5. Cantonese
    女神对你不屑一顾，恐怕你连 观音兵 都做唔成。
    女神對你不屑一顧，恐怕你連 觀音兵 都做唔成。
    yue:女神對你不屑一顧，恐怕你連 觀音兵 都做唔成。
    • The girl you loved ignored you, I afraid you even cannot become a "gun jam bing".