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老公

lou5 gung1

lao3 gong5

husband

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,440,000

老公

老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
公 gung1 gong1 - public; grandfather; unselfish

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你相信有聖誕老公公嗎？國 edit
Do you believe in Father Christmas?

你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國 edit
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵 edit
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and chose to be happy.

This word was added by claw on 4th Aug 2004 and last edited on 18th Jun 2008

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