光棍

guānggùn
noun #24,365

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 bachelor
  2. 2 single man
  3. 3 unmarried man

Examples

HSK 2
Tā sānshí suì le, háishì gè guānggùn.
He is thirty and still a bachelor.
HSK 4
Guānggùnjié zài Zhōngguó shì zhòngyào de gòuwùjié.
Singles' Day is a major shopping festival in China.

Tips

culture
光棍节 (Singles' Day on November 11) was originally a tongue-in-cheek celebration of single life coined by university students in the 1990s. It is now the world's largest annual retail sales event, driven by Alibaba's 双十一 shopping festival.

Stroke Order

光 guāng
棍 gùn