耳光

Chinese

		ear	light; ray; bright
trad. (耳光)		耳	光
simp. #(耳光)		耳	光

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ěrguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er³ guang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gwong¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-kuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrguang
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-kuang¹
    • Yale: ěr-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelguang
    • Palladius: эргуан (erguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: er³ guang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rguong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ⁵³ kuaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gwong¹
    • Yale: yíh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-kuaon
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 kuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-kuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

耳光

1. slap on the face (particularly around the ear); box on the ears (Classifier: 記／记)
2. (figurative) slap in the face; blow

Synonyms

• (box on the ears): (dialectal) 耳巴, 耳巴子, 耳屎 (ěrshǐ), 耳乎子, 耳矢; (Wu) 巴掌 (bāzhang)

Derived terms

• 打耳光 (dǎ ěrguāng)
• 摑耳光 / 掴耳光 (guāi'érguāng)