Cantonese Dictionary

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老水
Mandarin: lao3 shui3
seasoned; experienced
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老水鴨
Mandarin: lao3 shui3 ya1
Simplified: 老水鸭
Duck in soya sauce
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老河口
Mandarin: lao3 he2 kou3
Laohekou (city in Hubei)
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老油條
Mandarin: lao3 you2 tiao2
sophisticate; wily old bird, old slicker
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老波骨
Mandarin: lao3 bo1 gu3
experienced football player
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老泥
Mandarin: lao3 ni2
the mixture of dirt and dead skin on the surface of the skin; literally 'old mud'
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老泥妹
Mandarin: lao3 ni2 mei4
(literally: grubby girl); teenage girl who stays away from home and hangs out on the streets, usually promiscuous and vulgar in their mannerism
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老漢推車
Mandarin: lao3 han4 tui1 che1
(a sex position) doggy style (Lit. the old man push the cart) [粵]: 狗仔式
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老火湯
Mandarin: lao3 huo3 tang1
Simplified: 老火汤
slow-cooked soup
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老火靚湯
Mandarin: lao3 huo3 jing4 tang1
Simplified: 老火靓汤
A nice slow simmered soup
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老爆
Mandarin: lao3 bao4
burglary; to burgle
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老爺
Mandarin: lao3 ye5
Simplified: 老爷
(noun) honorific term for a wife to call her husband's father
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老爺車
Mandarin: lao3 ye5 che1
Simplified: 老爷车
old car
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老牛聲
Mandarin: lao3 niu2 sheng1
Simplified: 老牛声
a loud and harsh voice
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老狀
Mandarin: lao3 zhuang4
Simplified: 老状
a solicitor; a lawyer [colloquial]
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老狐狸
Mandarin: lao3 hu2 li2 (Taiwan); lao3 hu2 li5 (PRC)
old fox; a cunning criminal (a "crafty old fox")
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老生常談
Mandarin: lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2
Simplified: 老生常谈
platitude
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老番
Mandarin: lao3 fan1
(slang) Western people; Caucasians; a Westerner
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老番冬
Mandarin: lao3 fan1 dong1
Christmas (spoken)
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老番涼茶
Mandarin: lao3 fan1 liang2 cha2
Simplified: 老番凉茶
beer (slang)
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老番睇榜第一
Mandarin: lao3 fan1 di4 bang3 di4 yi1
Cantonese
come last (slang)
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老百姓
Mandarin: lao3bai3xing4
(noun) The masses
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老的
Mandarin: lao3 de5
a taxi [colloquial]
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老相好
Mandarin: lao3xiang4 hao3
an ex-lover [colloquial]
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老祖
Mandarin: lao3 zu3
ancestor (spoken)
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老積
Mandarin: lao3 ji1
Simplified: 老积
(adj.) describes a young person or a child who behaves and thinks in a mature way; a young but worldly person
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老竇
Mandarin: lao3 dou4
Simplified: 老窦
(noun) father; dad; daddy
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老笠
Mandarin: lao3 li4
robbery
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老粗
Mandarin: lao3 cu1
uneducated person; yokel; boor; roughneck
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老糠都搾出油
Mandarin: lao3 kang1 dou1 zha4 chu1 you2
Simplified: 老糠都榨出油
to be overly tight with money; to squeeze every drop of money from someone who is already very poor [colloquial]
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