細佬 (sai3 lou2 | xi4 lao3) : younger brother

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細佬

sai3 lou2

xi4 lao3

[1] younger brother
[2] slang for the penis
[Syn.] 細路 | [華]: 弟弟

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 64,500

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

細佬 / 细佬

This word has been viewed 13911 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 08:09 and last edited on 29th Oct 2012 23:47

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Characters in this word:

細 sai3 - small
佬 lou2 - guy, fellow, bloke, chap

1 compounds containing this word:

細佬哥 - child; children (male or female)

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要好好珍惜你細佬粵
You need to take care of your brother.
[Lit. you need cherish you brother.]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother.
[In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]

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