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打光棍

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Pīnyīn
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to live as a bachelor

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
打
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *打* | 打* | *打
5画
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
5102.0
QMN
光
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *光* | 光* | *光
6画
light, brilliant, shine; only
9021.1
FMU
棍
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *棍* | 棍* | *棍
12画
stick, cudgel; scoundrel
4691.1
DAPP

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
打光棍
to live as a bachelor
打
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
打
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since
打光
(photography, filmmaking) to set up the lighting; to illuminate a scene / to polish; to buff; to give luster to (a surface, esp. stone, wood, metal etc)
 光
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *光* | 光* | *光
light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
 光棍
gangster; hoodlum / bachelor; single man / (dialect) wise person; astute person
  棍
  gùn​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棍* | 棍* | *棍
stick; rod; truncheon / scoundrel; villain