小強

See also: 小强

Chinese
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
strength; force; power
strength; force; power; powerful; better
trad. (小強) 小 強
simp. (小强) 小 强
Literally: “little Keung (given name)”.

Etymology

From a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film Flirting Scholar, in which the protagonist called a cockroach by this name.

Pronunciation

Noun

小強

  1. (colloquial) cockroach
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) something difficult to kill or eradicate
    難打，伊是個小強。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    难打，伊是个小强。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 46
    [ne̞³³  tã³⁴ ɦi²³ z̥z̩³³  ɦəʔ¹² ɕiɔ³³ d̥͡ʑiã⁴⁴] [IPA]
    It’s so hard to hit, such a nuisance.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜚蠊, 䗅蜋, 香娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蟑螂, 蜚蠊
Taxonomic name 蜚蠊
Mandarin Beijing 老蟑兒, 油炸豆兒
Taiwan 蟑螂, 小強
Ulanhot 老蟑
Tongliao 蟑螂
Chifeng 蟑螂
Bayanhot 蟑螂
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蟑螂
Harbin 蟑螂, 老蟑
Shenyang 老蟑
Yantai (Muping) 蟑火螂
Jinan 蟑螂
Xi'an 蟑螂
Lanzhou 蟑螂
Ürümqi 蟑螂, 油蟲
Wuhan 灶馬子
Chengdu 偷油婆, 蟑螂
Chongqing 偷油婆
Guiyang 偷油婆
Kunming 偷油婆
Liuzhou 偷油婆, 臊甲
Xuzhou 蟑螂
Yangzhou 蟑木蟲子
Nanjing 蟑螂
Nantong 蟑木蟲兒
Malaysia 蟑螂
Singapore 蟑螂
Kokang 灶麻雞
Cantonese Guangzhou 曱甴
Hong Kong 曱甴, 小強
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 曱甴
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 曱甴
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 曱甴
Macau 曱甴
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 曱甴
Taishan 曱甴
Dongguan 曱甴
Shaoguan 曱甴
Yangjiang 曱甴
Xinyi 曱甴
Maoming (Xinpo) 曱甴
Nanning 曱甴
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 曱甴
Penang (Guangfu) 曱甴
Singapore (Guangfu) 曱甴
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 曱甴
Yangon (Taishan) 曱甴
Mandalay (Taishan) 曱甴
Gan Nanchang 煠撥子, 赤膊子
Lichuan 蚻
Pingxiang 油賊婆
Guixi 煠撥子
Hakka Meixian 黃蚻
Xingning 黃蚻
Huiyang 黃蚻
Huidong (Daling) 黃蚻
Wuhua (Huacheng) 黃蚻
Heyuan (Bendihua) 蜞蚻
Wengyuan 黃蚻
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 黃蚻
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 黃蚻
Liannan 黃蚻
Jiexi 蜞蚻
Luhe 蜞蚻
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 黃蚻
Changting 黃蚻
Wuping 黃蚻
Wuping (Yanqian) 黃蚻
Wuping (Pingyu) 黃蚻
Liancheng 黃蚻
Ninghua 黃蚻
Yudu 黃蚻
Ningdu 黃蚻
Ruijin 黃蚻
Shicheng 黃蚻
Shangyou (Shexi) 黃蚻
Tonggu (Sandu) 虼蚻
Ganzhou (Panlong) 黃蚻
Dayu 黃蚻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 黃蚻
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 黃蚻
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蜞蚻, 蜞蚻仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 黃蚻
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蜞蚻, 黃蚻
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 黃蚻
Hong Kong 黃蚻
Mengshan (Xihe) 黃蚻
Luchuan 黃蚻
Sabah (Longchuan) 黃蚻
Senai (Huiyang) 蜞蚻
Singkawang 蜞蚻
Huizhou Jixi 油蟲
Shexian 蟑油蟲
Jin Taiyuan 蟑螂
Taibus (Baochang) 蟑螂
Linhe 蟑螂
Jining 蟑老財
Hohhot 蟑螂
Baotou 蟑老財
Dongsheng 蟑螂
Haibowan 蟑螂
Min Bei Jian'ou 蚻
Jian'ou (Dikou) 蚻
Songxi 蚻
Zhenghe 蚻
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 蚻
Jianyang 蚻
Wuyishan 蚻
Pucheng (Shibei) 蚻
Min Dong Fuzhou 虼蚻
Changle 蚻母
Fuqing 虼蚻
Yongtai 虼蚻
Gutian 蚻母
Fu'an 蚻
Ningde 蚻母
Shouning 蚻
Zhouning 蚻
Fuding 蚻, 虼蚻
Matsu 灶蚻
Min Nan Xiamen 虼蚻
Xiamen (Tong'an) 虼蚻
Quanzhou 虼蚻
Jinjiang 虼蚻
Nan'an 虼蚻
Anxi 虼蚻
Yongchun 虼蚻
Dehua 虼蚻
Zhangzhou 虼蚻
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 虼蚻
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 虼蚻
Hua'an 虼蚻
Zhangpu 虼蚻
Yunxiao 虼蚻
Dongshan 虼蚻
Taipei 虼蚻
New Taipei (Sanxia) 虼蚻
Kaohsiung 虼蚻
Yilan 虼蚻
Changhua (Lukang) 虼蚻
Taichung 虼蚻
Taichung (Wuqi) 虼蚻
Tainan 虼蚻
Taitung 虼蚻
Hsinchu 虼蚻
Kinmen 虼蚻
Penghu (Magong) 虼蚻
Penang (Hokkien) 虼蚻
Singapore (Hokkien) 虼蚻
Manila (Hokkien) 虼蚻
Longyan 虼蚻
Zhangping (Yongfu) 虼蚻仔
Datian 油蚻
Pingnan (Shangdu) 虼蚻
Chaozhou 虼蚻
Shantou 虼蚻
Shantou (Chenghai) 虼蚻
Jieyang 虼蚻
Haifeng 虼蚻
Bangkok (Teochew) 虼蚻
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 虼蚻
Singapore (Teochew) 虼蚻
Leizhou 虼蚻
Wenchang 虼蚻
Haikou 虼蚻
Singapore (Hainanese) 虼蚻
Puxian Min Putian 虼蚻
Xianyou 虼蚻
Min Zhong Yong'an 蚻
Sanyuan 蚻
Shaxian 蚻
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 虼蚻
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 臊甲
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 油蟲
Wu Shanghai 蟑螂, 小強
Shanghai (Chongming) 灶鴨
Suzhou 蟑螂
Wuxi 蟑螂
Danyang 蟑螂
Hangzhou 蟑螂
Ningbo 蟑螂
Wenzhou 膠蚻
Xiang Changsha 偷油婆
Xiangtan 偷油婆
Loudi 油鹽蟲
Quanzhou 臊甲子
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