光棍

guānggùn
noun #24,365

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
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

guāng
gùn