老lou5爺je4

English

1. (respectful) lord
2. (noun) honorific term for a wife to call her husband's father
3. husband's father; father-in-law
4. master
5. master; lord (form of address between domestic servant and male employer)
6. (coll.) maternal grandfather
7. lord; judge

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 老公嘅阿爸；丈夫嘅阿爸；家公；家翁
2. 家傭對男主人嘅稱呼
3. 對法官嘅俗稱

Examples

• 我老爺記性唔係太好。

  My husband's father has poor memory. ----

• 工人話老爺今晚唔返屋企食飯。

  The servant said Sir won't be home for dinner tonight. ----

• 要做嘅都已經做晒，就等老爺點樣判嘞。

  We've done all what we have to. Now it depends on how the lord makes his judgment.

• 那位老爺爺死於癌症。

  The old man died of cancer.

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