"happy corner" meaning in All languages combined

See happy corner on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /hɛːp̚⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰɔːn⁵⁵ naː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɛːp̚⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰɔːn⁵⁵ naː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: hep¹ pi¹ kon¹ naa⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hep⁷ pi¹ kon¹ naa⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], héb¹ pi¹ kon¹ na⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English happy corner. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|happy corner}} English happy corner Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} happy corner, {{tlb|zh|Cantonese}} (Cantonese)
  1. (Hong Kong, Macau) happy corner Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Macau
    Sense id: en-happy_corner-zh-noun-5H1TuUqt Categories (other): Hong Kong Chinese, Macanese Chinese

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /hɛːp̚⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰɔːn⁵⁵ naː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɛːp̚⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰɔːn⁵⁵ naː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: hep¹ pi¹ kon¹ naa⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hep⁷ pi¹ kon¹ naa⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], héb¹ pi¹ kon¹ na⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English happy corner. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|happy corner}} English happy corner Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} happy corner, {{tlb|zh|Cantonese}} (Cantonese)
  1. (Hong Kong) to happy corner Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms: 阿魯巴 [Taiwan], 阿鲁巴 [Taiwan], con [short-form]
    Sense id: en-happy_corner-zh-verb-XPpTbQS- Categories (other): Hong Kong Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 7 93

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} happy corner (plural not attested)
  1. (Hong Kong) A type of school prank where two or more people slam a victim's crotch against a pole or similar objects. Tags: Hong-Kong, no-plural
    Sense id: en-happy_corner-en-noun-knOVoNBn Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 41 50

Verb [English]

Forms: happy corners [present, singular, third-person], happy cornering [participle, present], happy cornered [participle, past], happy cornered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} happy corner (third-person singular simple present happy corners, present participle happy cornering, simple past and past participle happy cornered)
  1. (Hong Kong) To perform such a prank on someone. Tags: Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-happy_corner-en-verb-sTGSWO~K Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 9 39 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 41 50

Inflected forms

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