粵

中zung1央joeng1空hung1調tiu4

simp中央空调
zung1 joeng1 hung1 tiu4zhōng yāng kōng tiáo

English

  1. central air conditioning
  2. a man who is overly nice and kind to girls around him; literally: central air conditioner
  3. (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男[nuan3 nan2], a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對身邊所有女性都好温柔體貼嘅男仔

Examples

  • 我男朋友係個中央空調,搞到我成日都好不安。

    My boyfriend is too nice and kind to every girl around him, which makes me insecure all the time.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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