四眼狗

Chinese

		four	eye	dog
simp. and trad. (四眼狗)		四	眼	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyǎngǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ ngaan⁵ gau²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-nge-keu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎngǒu [Phonetic: sìyángǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎngǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yen³-kou³
    • Yale: sz̀-yǎn-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyeangoou
    • Palladius: сыяньгоу (syjanʹgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎnrgǒu [Phonetic: sìyánrgǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎnrgǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yen³-ʼrh-kou³
    • Yale: sz̀-yǎnr-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyealgoou
    • Palladius: сыяньргоу (syjanʹrgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ ngaan⁵ gau²
    • Yale: sei ngáahn gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ ngaan⁵ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ ngan⁵ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-nge-keu
    • MiniDict: sy^去 nge keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-nge-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ŋe⁵⁵ kɤ²¹/

Noun

四眼狗

1. (regional, derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses, especially a young person; four-eyes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 四眼田雞 (“four-eyes; specky”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	四眼兒, 四眼兒狗
	Taiwan	四眼田雞
	Harbin	四眼兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 pejorative
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	二餅
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