爛 — Cantonese Dictionary

爛

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[damaged; rotten]]

Definitions

1 [[damaged; rotten]]
2 laahn daat 爛琶 — unscrupulous, immoral.
3 laahn daat daat 爛琶琶 — unscrupulous, immoral (st 15, 20).
4 laahn dóu 爛賭 — to be addicted to gambling (ylyjh 559, 64).
5 laahn dóu gwái 爛賭鬼 — a person addicted to gambling, a compulsive gambler (fkn 5, 6).
6 laahn fan 爛瞓 — tired, sleepy, unwilling to get out of bed.
7 laahn fan jyū 爛瞓豬 — [sleepy pig] someone who is tired and looks to be in need of sleep; a "sleepy head".
8 laahn gwái 爛鬼 — a rascal, a bad guy, a hoodlum (ad 21.1.2001, A12).
9 laahn háu 爛口 — [rotten mouth] swearing, bad language, abuse (st 2, 9).
10 laahn jái 爛仔 — a hooligan; a teddy boy (chyh 51, 5).
11 laahn jáu lóu 爛酒佬 — a drunk.
12 laahn mehng yāt tiuh 爛命一條 — to come from a poor background or live a worthless life and to have nothing to lose, to be willing to do anything (gwdgj 142, 20).
13 laahn méih 爛尾 — [broken tail] a cat (OS).
14 laahn ngáah 爛瓦 — [broken tile] a cat (OS).
15 laahn sou 爛數 — a debt which is hard to collect, a bad debt.
16 laahn syúhn dóu yáuh sāam gān dēng 爛舡都有三斤釘 — [a wrecked ship leaves behind three catties of nails] an organisation or a person, even after meeting with a disaster, may still have considerable power.
17 laahn tauh jeui 爛頭粵 — someone who is hard to defeat, difficult to kill, very tough (ty 4.9.2000, D1).
18 laahn yéung 爛揚 — a well-known bad guy, a criminal with a face known to the police.
19 laahn yúhng yúhng 爛卷落 — completely smashed, beyond repair.