戴綠帽子

See also: 戴绿帽子

Chinese

		to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)	green hat; state of having an unfaithful wife
trad. (戴綠帽子)		戴	綠帽子
simp. (戴绿帽子)		戴	绿帽子
Literally: “to wear a green hat”.

Etymology

See 綠頭巾／绿头巾 (lǜtóujīn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dài lǜmàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dai⁴ nu² mao⁴ zi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ta ⁸loq-mau₆-tsy₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dài lǜmàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dài lyùmàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴ lü⁴-mao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dài lyù-màu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day liuhmaw.tzy
    • Palladius: дай люймаоцзы (daj ljujmaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dai⁴ nu² mao⁴ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dai lumaoz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹³ nu²¹ mau²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ta ⁸loq-mau₆-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: ta^去 loh^入 mau^去 tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ta ⁵loq-mau₃-tsr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ta⁴⁴  loʔ¹¹ mɔ²² t͡sz̩²³/

Verb

戴⫽綠帽子 (verb-object)

1. (idiomatic, slang) to cuckold another person
2. (idiomatic, slang) to be cuckolded; to have one's wife or girlfriend cheat on one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 戴綠帽子 (“to be cuckolded; to have one's wife or girlfriend cheat on one”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		戴綠帽子, 戴綠帽
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	戴綠帽, 戴綠帽子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	戴綠帽子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	戴綠帽子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戴綠帽, 戴蓮葉 dated
	Hong Kong	戴綠帽
Hakka	Yudu	戴綠帽子
Wu	Shanghai	戴綠帽子
	Hangzhou	戴綠帽兒, 戴綠頭巾