粵

小siu2強koeng4

simp小强
siu2 koeng4Xiǎo Qiáng

English

  1. (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
  2. a euphemism for cockroaches (a term popularised by the movie "Flirting Scholar" by Stephen Chow in 1993); literally: Little Keung

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 曱甴嘅別稱；喜劇演員周星馳喺1993年嘅電影《唐伯虎點秋香》噉樣稱呼之後，就開始流行，黃子華喺電視劇《男親女愛》都有用（量詞：隻）

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

Report an issue

Spotted a wrong reading, definition, or example? Tell us — it helps everyone.