粵

強koeng4人jan4

simp强人
koeng4 jan4qiáng rén

English

  1. (politics) strongman
  2. strongman
  3. (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person
  4. (old) robber

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 專權或者強勢嘅領導者(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 國家響佢呢個強人嘅統治下,逐漸變成咗一部井井有序嘅機器。

    The country gradually transformed itself into a orderly machine under his iron fist.

  • 一個訓練咗幾十年嘅強人,只需要一刻嘅粗心,就可以畀一個較弱嘅人打敗。 呢個就係武術世界。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 她真是个女强人。

    She is certainly a career woman.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

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

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