綠帽子

green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)

green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lü4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

old variant of 帽[mao4]

hat / cap

hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)