Cantonese Dictionary

老細

lou5 sai3

Mandarin: lao3 ban3

Simplified: 老板

Cantonese

boss (Cantonese)

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老編

lou5 pin1

Mandarin: lao3 bian1

Simplified: 老编

senior editor (spoken)

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老練

lou5 lin6

Mandarin: lao3 lian4

seasoned, experienced

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老繭

lou5 gaan2

Mandarin: lao3 jian3

thick callus

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老翁

lou5 jung1

Mandarin: lao3 weng1

an old man

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老翻

lou5 faan1

Mandarin: lao3 fan1

(n.) refers to illegal | pirated copies of something, such as CDs or handbags; (adj.) to describe something that is counterfeited

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老老地

lou5 lou5*2 dei6*2

a bit old

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老老實實

lou5 lou5 sat6 sat6

Mandarin: lao3 lao5 shi2 shi2

Simplified: 老老实实

be honest

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老老少少

lou5 lou5 siu3 siu3

Mandarin: lao3 lao3 shao3 shao3

old and young; young and old

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老而不

lou5 ji4 bat1

Mandarin: lao3 er2 bu4

a licentious old man

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老脾

lou5 pei4

Mandarin: lao3 pi2

tantrum; emotional outbreak (spoken)

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老臣子

lou5 san4 zi2

Mandarin: lao3 chen2 zi5

long server staff (spoken)

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老舉

lou5 geoi2

Mandarin: lao3 ju3

Simplified: 老举

prositute (spoken)

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老舊

lou5 gau6

old and worn-out, old-fashioned

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老芝

lou5 zi1

Mandarin: lao3 zhi1

Cantonese

a slang term for The Chi Ma Wan Correctional Institution

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老花眼

lou5 faa1 ngaan5

Mandarin: lao3 hua1 yan3

far-sightedness, presbyopia

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老花眼鏡

lou5 faa1 ngaan5 geng3*2

reading glasses; bifocals

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老薑

lou5 goeng1

Mandarin: lao3 jiang1

Simplified: 老姜

aged ginger

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老藕

lou5 ngau5

Mandarin: lao3 ou3

(literally: old lotus root); an unattractive elderly woman

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老虎

lou5 fu2

Mandarin: lao3 hu3

tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld

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老虎乸

lou5 fu2 naa2

Mandarin: lao3 hu3 na2

(n.) a tigress; a ferocious woman, sometimes used in a humourous sense to refer to one's wife

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老虎唔發威當病貓

lou5 fu2 m4 faat3 wai1 dong3 beng6 maau1

Mandarin: lao3 hu3 wu2 fa1 wei1 dang1 bing4 mao1

Simplified: 老虎唔发威当病猫

Cantonese

a tiger taken as an ill cat just because it doesn't roar, a metaphor to say don't underestimate one's power

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老虎斑

lou5 fu2 baan1

brown marbled grouper

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老虎機

lou5 fu2 gei1

a parking meter

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老虎牙

lou5 fu2 ngaa4

Cantonese

canine teeth (in humans), cuspids | also seen as 虎牙 | [普]: 犬齒

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老虎蝦

lou5 fu2 haa1

Mandarin: lao3 hu3 xia1

tiger prawn [粵]: 鬼蝦

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老虎蟹

lou5 fu2 haai5

Mandarin: lao3 hu3 xie4

Ranina Ranina | red frog crab | spanner crab; to describe a bully who acts in a tyrannous manner; used as a modal particle in a sentence to convey a resolute sense of doing something, similar to saying 'no matter what', 'regardless of whatever'

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老虎頭上釘蝨乸

lou5 fu2 tau4 soeng6 deng1 sat1 naa2

Mandarin: lao3 hu3 tou2 shang5 ding1 shi1 na2

Simplified: 老虎头上钉虱乸

(literally: put lice on the tiger's head); to provoke a powerful person or organization

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老虔婆

lou5 kin4 po4

Mandarin: lao3 qian2 po2

old biddy

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老處

lou5 cyu2

Mandarin: lao3 chu3

Simplified: 老处

old virgin (spoken)

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