# 散仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saan$^2$ zai$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhan$^2$ doi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàn-á
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^2$ zai$^2$
*** Yale: sáan jái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^2$ dzai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^2$ zei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhan$^2$ doi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬan⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàn-á
*** Tâi-lô: sàn-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: safn'ar
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /san²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

### Noun

散仔
* (Cantonese) temporary worker; low-level member (of a gang or an organization)
* (Siyi Yue) (young) bachelor
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) pauper; poor wretch; penniless good-for-nothing

#### 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) | 窮人, 貧民 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 窮人, 窮鬼, 窮光蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窮光蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 窮人 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮棒棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 溜光蛋, 溜光蛋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窮骨頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窮人, 窮漢, 窮光蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 窮骨頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 窮鬼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 窮人, 窮鬼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 窮人, 窮鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 窮人 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 窮搭仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 窮苦人 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 窮苦人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 窮苦人 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 窮苦人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 窮苦人 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 散人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窮人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 窮儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 艱苦儂, 宋凶儂, 赤囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 艱苦儂, 赤囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 艱苦儂, 散仔, 阿散仔, 赤囝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 散凶儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 散凶儂, 散食儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 散凶儂, 散赤儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 散赤儂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 散凶儂, 散赤儂, 散鬼 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 散赤儂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 散赤儂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 散赤儂, 艱苦儂, 歹命儂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 磽囝, 磽囝儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 窮儂, 窮鬼 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 窮儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 窮佬, 窮人, 窮鬼 |
| Wu | Danyang | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮塌皮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 窮哥哥兒, 窮鬼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窮人子 |

#### Derived terms

* 散仔館／散仔馆