電燈泡
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See also: 电灯泡
Chinese[edit]
light; lamp | to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen | ||
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trad. (電燈泡) | 電燈 | 泡 | |
simp. (电灯泡) | 电灯 | 泡 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
電燈泡
- light bulb (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)
- (figurative) third wheel (accompanying two people on a date), as if the person is the light bulb in the background
- (Wu, figurative) bald head
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“light bulb”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“third wheel”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | - | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 電燈泡 |
Yinchuan | 電燈泡子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電燈膽 |
Hong Kong | 電燈膽, 飛利浦 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 電燈膽 | |
Dongguan | 電燈膽 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 電燈膽 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 電燈膽 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 電光泡 |
Southern Min | Jieyang | 電燈泡 |
Wu | Shanghai | 電燈泡, 燈泡, 菲力浦 |
Suzhou | 電燈泡 | |
Hangzhou | 電燈泡 |