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街頭女郎

gaai1 tau4 neoi5 long4

a streetwalker, a prostitute

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

街頭女郎

This word was added by bybell on 28th Apr 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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街 gaai1 jie1 - street
頭 tau4 tau4*2 tou2 {tou5} - head
女 neoi5 neoi5*2 nv3 ru3 - woman
郎 long4 lang4 lang2 - man; gentleman; young man; husband

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