八面子

Chinese
eight
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (八面子) 八 面 子
simp. #(八面子) 八 面 子

Etymology

From 八面威風／八面威风, where 風／风 is a homophone of 瘋／疯 (“crazy”).

Pronunciation

  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: ba6 mienn5 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pa̠²⁴ mɪ̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

八面子

  1. (Xiang, euphemistic) maniac; lunatic

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瘋子 (“lunatic; mad person”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 狂人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瘋子, 瘋人
Mandarin Beijing 瘋子
Taiwan 瘋子
Yantai (Muping) 痴子
Jinan 瘋子, 瘋漢
Wanrong 瘋子
Xi'an 瘋子
Yinchuan 瘋子
Wuhan 瘋子, 魔氣
Chengdu 瘋子
Guilin 瘋子, 癲子
Pingle 瘋子, 癲子
Liuzhou 癲子, 癲婆 woman, 癲崽 man
Luzhai 瘋子, 癲子
Yangzhou 瘋子
Hefei 瘋子
Dagudi (Maliba) 瘋人
Reshuitang (Longling) 瘋子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 瘋人
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 瘋人
Cantonese Guangzhou 癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 癲仔 boy, 癲女 girl, 傻佬 man
Hong Kong 癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 黐線佬 man, 黐線婆 woman, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 癲佬
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 發癲佬
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 癲佬
Yangjiang 戇佬 man, 戇婆 woman, 戇仔 boy, 戇妹 girl
Beihai 癲佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 癲仔, 癲佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 癲佬
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 癲仔, 癲佬
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 癲佬
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 癲佬
Móng Cái 癲仔, 癲佬
Gan Nanchang 瘋子
Pingxiang 癲子, 癲婆子 woman
Hakka Meixian 癲仔, 癲鬼, 癲牯 man, 癲嫲 woman
Hong Kong 懵佬
Senai (Huiyang) 戇佬
Jin Taiyuan 瘋子
Northern Min Jian'ou 發癲仔, 發癲婆 woman
Eastern Min Fuzhou 癲脬
Southern Min Xiamen 痟的, 神經的
Quanzhou 痟的, 神經的
Zhangzhou 魔神仔, 魔的, 神經的
Tainan 痟的
Singapore (Hokkien) 痟囝
Chaozhou 痟
Shantou 痟囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 痟儂
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 痟儂
Leizhou 妃戇
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 癲佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 癲崽 man
Wu Shanghai 痴子, 瘋子
Shanghai (Chongming) 痴子
Suzhou 痴子
Danyang 瘋子
Wenzhou 癲人
Jinhua 癲鬼兒 man, 癲婆 woman
Xiang Changsha 癲子, 瘋子, 八面子
Loudi 癲子, 癲婆子 woman
Shuangfeng 癲子
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