黐膠花

Chinese

trad. (黐膠花)		黐	膠花
simp. (黐胶花)		黐	胶花

Etymology

• (crazy): From 黐鳩線 / 黐鸠线 (ci¹ gau¹ sin³, “fucking crazy”), where 鳩 / 鸠 (gau¹, “fucking”) is often euphemistically replaced by 膠 / 胶 (gaau¹).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ gaau¹ faa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ gaau¹ faa¹
    • Yale: chī gāau fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ gaau¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ gao¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Verb

黐⫽膠花 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to make plastic flowers

Synonyms

• 穿膠花／穿胶花

Adjective

黐膠花

1. (Cantonese, minced oath, euphemistic) freaking crazy; freaking insane

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋 (“mad; crazy; insane”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		痴, 狂, 癲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋, 狂, 瘋癲, 瘋狂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘋
	Taiwan	瘋
	Singapore	神經病, 有毛病
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	痴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘋
	Xi'an	瘋
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘋
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	八面威, 八面
	Guiyang	瘋
	Liuzhou	癲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瘋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, short
	Hong Kong	癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, 黐膠花, short, 黐總掣, 黐大掣
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	癲, 黐線
	Penang (Guangfu)	癲, 黐線
	Singapore (Guangfu)	癲, 黐線
Gan	Nanchang	瘋
Hakka	Meixian	癲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲, 癲脬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟
	Quanzhou	痟
	Yongchun	痟
	Zhangzhou	痟, 魔
	Zhao'an	痟
	Tainan	痟
	Penang (Hokkien)	痟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟
	Manila (Hokkien)	痟
	Chaozhou	痟
	Shantou	痟
	Shantou (Chenghai)	痟
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	痟
	Jieyang	痟
	Haifeng	癲
	Singapore (Teochew)	痟
	Leizhou	痟神
	Wenchang	發痟
	Singapore (Hainanese)	發痟
Wu	Shanghai	痴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	痴
	Danyang	瘋
	Hangzhou	瘋
	Wenzhou	癲
	Jinhua	癲
Xiang	Loudi	瘋