鬍鬚佬

鬍鬚佬

Chinese

		beard; mustache; whiskers	man; guy
trad. (鬍鬚佬)		鬍鬚	佬
simp. (胡须佬)		胡须	佬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ sou¹ lou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ sou¹ lou²
    • Yale: wùh sōu lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ sou¹ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ sou¹ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵ lou̯³⁵/

Noun

鬍鬚佬

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) man with a big beard or moustache; man with (a lot of) facial hair
2. (American (–1980) Taishanese) beatnik

Synonyms

• (beatnik): (American Taishanese) 生鬚佬／生须佬

Proper noun

鬍鬚佬

1. (Cuba Cantonese, informal) Fidel Castro
   • 2016 January 16, “闖拉美 CH01 古巴”, in 華人移民史‎, RTHK, 31m45s from the start:

     「五九年，呢個鬍鬚佬嚟咗囉。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     “五九年，呢个胡须佬嚟咗啰。” [Cantonese, simp.]

     “ng⁵ gau² nin⁴, ni¹ go³ wu⁴ sou¹ lou² lai⁴ zo² lo¹.” [Jyutping]

     That Castro arrived in '59.

References

• 雷竞璇 (2021-04-20), “零散笔记：古巴的两个老革命”, in 搜狐‎
• Lorraine Dong; Marlon K. Hom (1980), “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎