Cantonese Dictionary

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老奉
Cantonese
humourous version of 奉旨, meaning “taking it for granted”
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老奉
Mandarin: lao3 feng4
to take something | someone for granted [colloquial]
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老契
Mandarin: lao3 qi4
a former lover; a regular customer of a prostitute [colloquial]
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老套
Cantonese
outdated, old-fashioned (also 老土)
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老套的
stereotypical
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老姑婆
Mandarin: lao3 gu1po2
an old spinster [colloquial]
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老婆乸
Mandarin: lao3 po2 na2
old woman; beldam [colloquial]
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老婆仔
Mandarin: lao3 po5 zi3
young wife; 'wifey'; way to address a steady girlfriend
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老婆子
Mandarin: lao3 po2 zi3
old woman
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老婆本
Cantonese
marriage fund - the core saving of a young male, mainly for marriage
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老婆餅
Mandarin: lao3 po5 bing3
Simplified: 老婆饼
Wife cake, a pastry made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste and sesame
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老婦
old woman
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老媼
Mandarin: lao3ao3
Simplified: 老媪
old woman; beldam [colloquial]
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老嫗
Mandarin: lao3 yu4
old women
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老子
Lao Tzu - founder of Daoism / Taoism
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老字號
Mandarin: lao3 zi4 hao4
time-honoured brand; well-established brand; long-established shop; reputable brand-name shop
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老字頭
Mandarin: lao3 zi4 tou2
Kangxi radical 125 (老) in its component form 耂
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老宗
Mandarin: lao3 zong1
a distant relative who shares a common ancestor; someone of the same clan; someone with a same surname
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老定
Mandarin: lao3 ding4
(adjective) unflappable; calm; self-possessed; confident; composed
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老家
Mandarin: lao3 jia1
hometown; native place; ancestral home
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老實
Mandarin: lao3 shi5
honest; credulous; frank; honestly; in fact; frankly
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老實話
an old truth
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老實說
Mandarin: lao3 shi2 shuo1
to be frank; to be plainspoken
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老少平安
Mandarin: lao3 shao4 ping2 an1
the old and the young are all safe and sound, the name for a dish of steamed tofu with fish paste
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老少皆宜
Mandarin: lao3 shao4 jie1 yi2
suitable for all ages
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老尖
Mandarin: lao3 jian1
Tsim Sha Tsui (spoken)
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老尷
Mandarin: lao3 gan1
Cantonese
be embarrassed
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老屈
Mandarin: lao3 qu1
to wrongly accuse someone; to frame someone
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老屎忽
Mandarin: lao3 shi3 hu1
the elders; the senior member of a triad society; an experience and crafty person [colloquial]
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老差骨
Mandarin: lao3 cha1 gu3
experienced policemen (slang)
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