胖子

Chinese

		fat; plump	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (胖子)		胖	子
simp. #(胖子)		胖	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): pong³ zi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàng-chír / phàng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pàng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panq.tzy
    • Palladius: панцзы (panczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun⁶ zi²
    • Yale: buhn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pong³ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: phàng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: phàng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharngzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

胖子

1. fat person; fatty; fatso

   死胖子  ―  sǐ pàngzi  ―  fat bastard

2. Fat Man (nuclear bomb)

Synonyms

• (fat person):

Dialectal synonyms of 胖子 (“fat person; fatty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胖子, 大塊頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胖子
	Taiwan	胖子
	Singapore	胖子, 小胖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胖子
	Xuzhou	肥賊
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	胖子, 胖德拉斯, 胖豬 derogatory
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	肥佬 man, 肥婆 woman, 肥崽 child
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胖子, 大塊頭
	Yangzhou	胖子, 大塊頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿肥, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl
	Hong Kong	肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	肥佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	肥佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	肥佬
	Taishan	肥仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肥人, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥女 girl
	Dongguan	肥佬 man, 𦛚仔 boy, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman
	Rongxian	肥佬
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	肥佬
	Hepu (Shatian)	肥佬
	Guiping	肥佬
	Guiping (Mule)	肥佬
	Pingnan	肥佬
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	肥佬
	Guigang (Pingdong)	肥佬
	Beihai	肥佬
	Beihai (Nankang)	肥佬
	Beihai (Yingpan)	肥佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	肥佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	肥佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	肥佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	肥佬, 肥仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	肥仔 male, 肥婆 woman
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	肥佬
	Móng Cái	肥佬
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	肥佬
	Betong (Rongxian)	肥佬
Gan	Nanchang	胖子
	Lichuan	胖子
	Pingxiang	壯牯
Hakka	Meixian	肥牯仔, 肥牯四, 阿肥, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Boluo (Bendihua)	肥仔, 𦛚女 woman, 肥女 woman, 肥婆 woman
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肥佬
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	肥佬, 𦛚仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥牯伊, 𦛚牯伊, 肥婆 woman
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 𦛚牯哎, 肥婆 woman
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	𦛚牯仔, 𦛚牯蒂, 𦛚嫲 woman
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	𦛚仔
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥佬, 肥婆 woman
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Yudu	肥牯子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大箍牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大箍仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大箍牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大箍牯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大箍牯
	Hong Kong	肥佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	肥仔
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	大肥
Huizhou	Jixi	大塊頭子
Jin	Taiyuan	肉頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	肥仔, 肥仔豨 derogatory
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	阿肥, 阿肥豬 derogatory, 豬母 woman
Southern Min	Xiamen	肥的
	Quanzhou	肥的
	Jinjiang	肥的
	Zhangzhou	肥的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿肥, 肥的, 肥豬 derogatory, 大肥豬 derogatory
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿肥, 肥仔
	Chaozhou	大肥
	Shantou	肥囝
	Jieyang	肥囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	肥佬, 大肥
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	大肥, 肥佬
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	大肥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肥囝
	Leizhou	妃肥
	Haikou	妚肥爹 boy, 妚肥囝 boy, 妚肥姩 woman
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	肥佬, 肥崽, 肥婆 woman
Wu	Shanghai	大塊頭, 爛大塊頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大塊頭
	Suzhou	大塊頭
	Danyang	胖豬 derogatory
	Hangzhou	大塊頭
	Ningbo	大塊頭, 大胖嘵豬 derogatory, 大阿福 child
	Wenzhou	阿壯兒 derogatory, 大朦 derogatory
Xiang	Changsha	棉花包

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fat person”): 瘦子 (shòuzi)

Derived terms

• 打腫臉充胖子／打肿脸充胖子 (dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàngzi)

 

Related terms

• 胖妞 (pàngniū)