寡佬

寡佬

Chinese

		few; widowed	man; guy
simp. and trad. (寡佬)		寡	佬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² lou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² lou²
    • Yale: gwá lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² lou²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷäː³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

Noun

寡佬

1. (Cantonese) single man; bachelor

Synonyms

• 單身漢／单身汉 (dānshēnhàn)
• 王老五 (wánglǎowǔ)
• 跑腿子 (pǎotuǐzi)
• (Cantonese) 單身寡佬／单身寡佬 (dānshēnguǎlǎo)
• (Hakka) 羅漢腳／罗汉脚
• (Min Nan) 羅漢跤／罗汉跤, 羅漢跤仔／罗汉跤仔, 十一哥, 十一叔, 獨身仔／独身仔

Derived terms

單身寡佬／单身寡佬 (dānshēnguǎlǎo)