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鄉巴佬

hoeng1 baa1 lou2

xiang1 ba1 lao3

a country bumpkin; a villager; a hick | [粵]: 鄉下佬

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3

鄉巴佬

鄉 hoeng1 hoeng1 xiang1 - village; rural; birth place
巴 baa1 ba1 - greatly desire; be close to
佬 lou2 lao3 liao2 lu4 - guy, male, fellow, man

This word was added by bybell on 11th Apr 2008

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