lazy sound; in Cantonese, it usually refers to the frequent substitution of the initial l sound for the initial n (e.g. 你 pronounced as lei5 instead of nei5), the dropping of the initial ng sound (e.g. 我 as o5 instead of ngo5), and sometimes the substitution of the initial g sound for the initial gw (e.g. 國 as gok3 instead of gwok3).