四眼田雞

Chinese

		four	eye	field chicken; frog; the Chinese edible frog Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus
trad. (四眼田雞/四眼田鷄)		四	眼	田雞/田鷄
simp. (四眼田鸡)		四	眼	田鸡

田雞眼

Etymology

Called “four-eyed frog” owing to the belief that wearing glasses causes one's eyes to become protruding (exophthalmic, like a frog's) and dull in appearance.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyǎn tiánjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ ngaan⁵ tin⁴ gai¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sy-nge-di-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎn tiánjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎn tiánji
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yen³ tʻien²-chi¹
    • Yale: sz̀-yǎn tyán-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyean tyanji
    • Palladius: сыянь тяньцзи (syjanʹ tjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyǎnrtiánjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyǎnrtiánji
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yen³-ʼrh-tʻien²-chi¹
    • Yale: sz̀-yǎnr-tyán-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyealtyanji
    • Palladius: сыяньртяньцзи (syjanʹrtjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ ngaan⁵ tin⁴ gai¹
    • Yale: sei ngáahn tìhn gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ ngaan⁵ tin⁴ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ ngan⁵ tin⁴ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-nge-di-ci
    • MiniDict: sy^去 nge di ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-nge-di-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ŋe⁵⁵ di³³ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

四眼田雞

1. (figurative, colloquial, humorous or 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
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
	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