黃六醫生

Chinese

		quack; swindler; mediocre quack; swindler; mediocre; dubious; shady	doctor; physician and surgeon; medical practitioner
trad. (黃六醫生)		黃六	醫生
simp. (黄六医生)		黄六	医生
alternative forms		黃綠醫生／黄绿医生

Etymology

See 黃六／黄六 (huángliù).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wong⁴ luk⁶ ji¹ sang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vong³ luuk⁵ yi¹ sang^1*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ luk⁶ ji¹ sang¹
    • Yale: wòhng luhk yī sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ luk⁹ ji¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ lug⁶ yi¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ lʊk̚² jiː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 黃六醫生 / 黄六医生 黃綠醫生 / 黄绿医生

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vong³ luuk⁵ yi¹ sang^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔŋ²² lɵk̚³² ji³³ saŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

黃六醫生

1. (Cantonese) quack; charlatan (fake doctor)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 庸醫 (“quack; charlatan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		庸醫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蒙古大夫
	Harbin	蒙古大夫
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蒙古大夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	黃牛醫生, 黃牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Hong Kong	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Taishan	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Dongguan	黃六醫生
Southern Min	Tainan	赤跤仙仔