# 癟三
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English beg sir.
Originally used in Shanghainese, to refer to people who stole food from houses in the British Concession of Shanghai. Popularised by literary works in the early 20th century. Later spread to other Chinese varieties.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biēsān, biěsān
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝ ㄙㄢ, ㄅㄧㄝˇ ㄙㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bit$^6$ saam$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piat-sam
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$piq-se$_1$ / $^7$piq-$^0$saen$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biēsān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ ㄙㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biesan
*** Wade–Giles: pieh$^1$-san$^1$
*** Yale: byē-sān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biesan
*** Palladius: бесань (besanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biēsānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ ㄙㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biesanr
*** Wade–Giles: pieh$^1$-san$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: byē-sānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biesal
*** Palladius: бесаньр (besanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵ sɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biěsān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˇ ㄙㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biěsan
*** Wade–Giles: pieh$^3$-san$^1$
*** Yale: byě-sān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bieesan
*** Palladius: бесань (besanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bit$^6$ saam$^1$
*** Yale: biht sāam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bit$^9$ saam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bid$^6$ sam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːt̚² saːm⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piat-sam
*** Tâi-lô: piat-sam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piatsafm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛt̚³²⁻⁵ sam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ sam³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq-se$_1$
*** MiniDict: pih$^入$ se$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$piq-se$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ se⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq-$^0$saen$_1$
*** MiniDict: pieh$^入$ saen$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /piəʔ⁵⁵ sẽ̞²¹/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Teochew: ”

### Noun

癟三
* (derogatory) wretched-looking jobless people, who make a living by begging or stealing; beggar; hooligan
* (derogatory) idiot; moron

#### Synonyms

* (vagrant): 無業遊民／无业游民 (wúyèyóumín)
* (beggar):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乞丐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 要飯的, 要飯兒的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 乞丐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 要飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 要飯的, 要飯花子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 要飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 要飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 要飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 叫花子, 要飯花子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乞丐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 花子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 要飯的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 要飯的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 要飯的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的, 花子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 要飯吃哩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 要飯的, 尋饃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 要飯哩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尋口, 要饃饃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 要飯的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 討吃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 討吃, 要飯的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 要飯的, 要要吃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 要飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 叫花子, 討口子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 叫化子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 花子, 叫花子, 要飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 叫花子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 要飯人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 叫花子, 討飯人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 花子, 要飯的, 討飯的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 告花子, 討飯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 告殼子 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 化子 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 叫化子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 乞兒, 乞兒佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 攞食佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 攞食佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 乞耳 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 乞米仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 乞米仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 乞米仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 攞食佬 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 架化佬 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 乞吃佬 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 狗化佬 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 叫化佬 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 乞兒, 乞兒佬 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 乞兒佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 乞吃 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 乞兒, 乞兒佬 male, 乞兒婆 female |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 覓吃佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 乞食佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 乞兒 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 乞兒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 告化子, 討飯個 |
| Gan | Pengze | 討飯個 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 告化子, 乞兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 告化子, 花子, 討米個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 告化仔, 討食個 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 告化哩 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Liuhuang) | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 攞食 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 攞食 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 攞食仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 攞食 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 乞食佬, 攞食 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 攞食伊, 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 酌食哩, 乞丐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 告化哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 絡食哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 絡食哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 攞食的, 攞食 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 告化佬 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 攞食哎 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 告化 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 攞食 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 叫化 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 討食佬 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 告化子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 叫化 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 狗化公 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Changting | 告化子, 告化 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 告化 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 討食告化 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 告化 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 告化子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 教化 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 告化 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 告化 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 告化子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 教化子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 教化子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 討飯佬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乞食仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 乞食仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 乞食, 仙人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乞食仔, 乞食 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 乞食 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 攞食佬, 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 丐米佬 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 丐食 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 乞兒佬 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 乞食佬 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 乞食佬 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 乞食佬 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 乞兒 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 乞食佬 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 攞食佬 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 乞食 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory, 討飯骨 derogatory, 討飯婆 woman |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 討飯唉 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 丐食, 討飯個 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 丐食, 討飯仂 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 討飯漢 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 討飯個 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 討飯個, 討飯仂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 叫花子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 討吃子, 要窩窩哩 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 要飯的 |
| Jin | Linhe | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Jining | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 討吃子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 乞丐 |
| Jin | Handan | 要飯哩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 化食 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 討飯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 化食 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 乞食 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 乞食, 分米的, 分食的, 乞食婆 female |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 乞食, 乞食仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 乞兒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Fengshun (Liuhuang) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞食 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 乞達 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乞達 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 乞達 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 乞食 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 乞食 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 乞兒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 乞兒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 救化子, 乞兒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 告花子, 癟三 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 掛花子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 告花子, 癟三 |
| Wu | Danyang | 告花子, 告花嫚嫚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 叫花子, 討飯子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 告花子, 討飯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 討飯, 討飯婆 woman |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 討飯老丐兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 告化子, 討飯的 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 告化子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 叫化子, 叫化 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 告化子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 乞丐 |
* (hooligan): 流氓 (liúmáng)