粵

守sau2舊gau6

simp守旧
sau2 gau6shǒu jiù

English

  1. conservative
  2. conservative; sticking to the old ways
  3. reactionary

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 保持舊有嘅思想同作法,唔樂於改變

Examples

  • 你思想咁守舊,好難同個女溝通㗎。

    You are so conservative; it would be hard (for you) to communicate with (your) daughter.

  • 我爸爸有点守旧。

    My father is a bit old-fashioned.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 世事變幻無常,人不能因循守舊、一成不變。

    Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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