光棍

guānggùn

noun #24,365

Measure Word

一个光棍 gè

Meanings

1 bachelor
2 single man
3 unmarried man

Characters

bare; only; light

Examples

他三十岁了，还是个光棍。

Tā sānshí suì le, háishì gè guānggùn.

He is thirty and still a bachelor.

光棍节在中国是重要的购物节。

Guānggùn jié zài Zhōngguó shì zhòngyào de gòuwù jié.

Singles' Day is a major shopping festival in China.

Tips

culture

光棍节 (Guānggùn Jié) — Singles' Day on November 11 (11/11) — 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 (Shuāng Shíyī) shopping festival.

Stroke Order

光 guāng

棍 gùn