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老婆

lou5 po4

lao3 po2

wife

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,630,000

老婆

老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
婆 po4 po2 - old woman; grandmother

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佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗粵 edit
His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.

畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆粵 edit
Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.

個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖粵 edit
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife.

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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