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lou5
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[1] old; aged; venerable [2] always [3] the youngest [4] very [5] a particle indicating ordinal numbers to designate order of birth [6] parents; [7] a particle used before a man's family name to indicate familiarity and friendship [8] tough (meat); overcooked [9] [v] treat with the reverence [10] dark (color) [11] [Wu] very Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: 老 (#125)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 考 |
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老師 lou5 si1 = teacher 老友 lou5 jau5 = old friend, good friend 老朋 lou5 pang4*2/paang4*2 = old friend 粵 老朋友 lou5 pang4 jau5 = old friend 老點 lou5 dim2 = to trick 粵 古老 gu2 lou5 = [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned 聖誕老人 sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4 = Father Christmas (Santa Claus) 老鼠 lou5 syu2 = mouse; [粵]: Mr. Nobody 老虎 lou5 fu2 = tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld 老婆 lou5 po4 = wife See all 287 compounds (CantoDict reports 300 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 老
其實呢,我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Show all 32 examplesActually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |