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蘿蔔頭
  lo4 baak6 tau4   jyutping
  luo2 bo2 tou2   pinyin
pejorative term for a Japanese person;

The term is derived from an old Japanese male hairstyle, characterised by a small patch of long hair tied in a simple ponytail near the top back part of the head - almost like the batch of red strings used on the top of ancient war helmets for decorations - on an otherwise bald head.


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
蘿蔔頭 / 萝卜头

This word was added by bybell on 9th Nov 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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 lo4  luo2  -  [1] a kind of creeping plant; a wistaria [2] [
 baak6  fu2 bu3 bo2 bo5  -  used in combination for a common name for edib
 tau4 tau4*2  tou2 {tou5}  -  head
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