老公 (lou5 gung1 | lao3 gong5) : husband

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老公

lou5 gung1

lao3 gong5

husband

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,440,000

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

老公

This word has been viewed 6132 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 4th Aug 2004 08:46 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

老 lou5 - old, venerable
公 gung1 - public; common; international; impartial

3 compounds containing this word:

老公公 - grandpa; husbands' father; father-in-law
老公仔 - a steady boyfriend
老公餅 - husband cake

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你相信有聖誕老公公嗎？國
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
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添粵
Actually, 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.]

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
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

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