# 光棍
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guānggùn
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guang$^1$ gun$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуонгун (guongun, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong$^1$ gwan$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guon$^1$ gung$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): guáng-go̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): guŏng-góng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-kùn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kuaon-kuen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guānggùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guanggùn
*** Wade–Giles: kuang$^1$-kun$^4$
*** Yale: gwāng-gwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguenn
*** Palladius: гуангунь (guangunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (光棍兒／光棍儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guānggùnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄣˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guanggùnr
*** Wade–Giles: kuang$^1$-kun$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gwāng-gwùnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangguell
*** Palladius: гуангуньр (guangunʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯əɻ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: guang$^1$ gun$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guonggun
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵⁵ kuən²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуонгун (guongun, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɑŋ²⁴ kuŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwong$^1$ gwan$^3$
*** Yale: gwōng gwan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwong$^1$ gwan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guong$^1$ guen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guon$^1$ gung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuɒ̃¹¹ kũŋ⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guáng-go̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guŏng-góng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ŋouŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kùn
*** Tâi-lô: kong-kùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kongkuxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kuaon-kuen
*** MiniDict: kuaon$^平$ kuen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kuaan-kun
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃⁵⁵ kuən²¹/

### Noun

光棍
* gangster; hoodlum; thug; ruffian
* single man; bachelor
    打光棍 ― dǎguānggùn ― to remain a bachelor
    From: c. 1627, Ling Mengchu, 初刻拍案驚奇
    Kě yòu lái, Xiǎoniú yòu bùcéng yǒu qīxiǎo, shì ge guānggùn li, nǎlǐ zhèng de yǒu cǐděng dōngxi? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (dialectal Mandarin) hero; brave man; great man
* (dialectal Mandarin) hardened gambler
* (dialectal Mandarin, Southern Min) homeless man; person who has nothing
* (Mandarin, Wu) smart person; astute person; smart cookie
* (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Eastern Min, dated in Mandarin) conman; swindler; trickster
    From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
    Kǒngpà shì wàifāng de shénme guānggùn, dǎ zhe tàizūn de qíhào, dàochù lái piàn rén de qián. Nǐ bùyào shàng tā de dàng! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Sichuanese) member of Gelaohui

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 單身漢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 光棍兒, 光棍兒光, 鰥棍兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 單身漢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 光棍兒, 跑腿子, 光桿子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 光棍兒, 光棍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 光棍兒, 光棍子, 光漢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 光棍兒, 光棍兒漢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 光棍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 光棍兒, 光身漢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 光棍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢, 單身漢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 光棍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 光棍兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 單身漢兒, 光棍, 光棍兒, 光身漢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 單身漢, 寡漢條, 光棍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 單身漢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 寡佬, 寡公, 光棍, 單身寡佬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 單身漢, 光棍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 光棍條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 光棍, 光桿子, 寡漢, 寡漢條子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 寡仔, 單身寡仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 王老五 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 寡佬, 散仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 寡佬, 散仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 單身寡佬, 光棍佬 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 寡佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 單身 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 單身人 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 單鳥哥, 單隻阿哥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 光棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 單身哥仔, 單身哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 單身哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 羅漢腳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 光棍, 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 光棍 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 單身漢, 光棍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 單身哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 單身漢, 十一叔, 十一哥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 十一叔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 十一叔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 孤𣮈的, 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 十一哥, 十一叔, 孤身 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 十一哥, 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 單身囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 單身漢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 單身囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 單身漢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光棍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 單身漢, 光棍 derogatory, 光棍兒 derogatory |
| Wu | Shanghai | 單身漢, 光棍, 獨腳伙 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 單身漢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 單身漢, 光棍條子, 光棍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 光棍頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 光棍, 光棍老倌 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 單獨自人, 獨自人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 光棍, 禿鐵兒, 光棍禿鐵兒 derogatory |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 光棍邋遢兒 derogatory |
| Xiang | Changsha | 單身漢, 單身漢子, 光褲帶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 光棍 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 單身家, 單身公 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騙子, 騙徒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 騙子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 騙子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 騙子, 騙子手, 撇子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 騙子手, 撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騙子, 騙騙 derogatory |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 騙子, 撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騙子手, 撇家拐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子, 撇家拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 騙子, 編編匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 騙子, 標子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 騙子, 騙子手, 白撮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 騙子, 拐子, 拐子佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 大騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 騙子, 白撮子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光棍, 撞棍, 老千, 千友, 滾友 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老千, 撞棍, 拆白黨 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 拐子佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 呃人個 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傻人個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 呃人 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 撞棍, 光棍佬, 滾友, 老千 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 騙仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 呃人嘅 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 欺騙人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 騙子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 騙仔, 撮仔賊 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 呃人精, 老千 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 呃人咧 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 呃人唉 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 撮仔 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 騙仔 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 撮咧 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 騙依 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 騙哎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 騙仔, 落仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 騙個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 諞仙仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 虎𡳞王 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 落仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落人個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 落仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 撮仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老千 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 騙子, 騙鬼 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 騙子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 騙子, 撇子 |
| Jin | Datong | 騙子手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 騙子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Jining | 騙子手 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Handan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 騙了 |
| Jin | Suide | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 騙仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 光棍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佬仔, 甪仔, 大佬, 白賊七, 白賊七仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 甪仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七, 白賊七仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 術仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 術仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 佬仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 諞仙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 諞仙, 騙子 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 諞仙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 騙囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 佬囝, 騙囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 騙儂個 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 光棍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光棍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 騙子, 拐子佬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 騙子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拐子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 騙子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 騙子, 騙鬼郎中 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 騙子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 騙子, 拐子, 騙賊拐子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拐兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 騙子, 拐子兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 辵巴子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 騙子手, 拐子 |

### Adjective

光棍
* (dialectal Mandarin) astute; quick; shrewd
* (dialectal Mandarin) staunch; upright
* (dialectal Mandarin) pretentious; ostentatious; flaunty
* (dialectal Mandarin) narrow-minded; disagreeable; violent-tempered

### Derived terms

* 不光棍
* 充光棍
* 光棍不吃眼前虧／光棍不吃眼前亏
* 光棍佬教仔，便宜莫貪／光棍佬教仔，便宜莫贪
* 光棍節／光棍节 (guānggùnjié)
* 光棍遇著冇皮柴
* 女光棍
* 打光棍 (dǎ guānggùn)
* 泥腿光棍
* 油頭光棍／油头光棍
* 游嘴光棍
* 老光棍
* 財到光棍手，一去冇回頭／财到光棍手，一去冇回头
* 闖光棍／闯光棍
* 飛天光棍／飞天光棍