馬maa5騮lau1

English

1. monkey (dialect)
2. monkey
3. little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)
4. naughty kid

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一類好似人嘅動物，屬於哺乳綱靈長目，手腳靈活，多數有尾（量詞：隻）
2. 比喻百厭奀皮嘅細路（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 馬騮山

  Kam Shan; literally: monkey hill

• 馬騮戲

  farce; etymologically: monkey's play ----

• 甩繩馬騮

  a very naughty child out of control; literally: a loose string monkey

• 嗰幾隻馬騮真係坐唔定。

  The children are too active to sit quietly.

• 喂，睇吓，有隻三個頭嘅馬騮呀！

  Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!

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• 我唔係同你講嘢，我係同隻馬騮講嘢。

  I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.

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• 佢手推車入面有架細鋼琴，上面坐咗隻破舊瘦瘦嘅馬騮。

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• 例如，當鷹飛圈嗰陣，黑猩猩就會學識用某啲叫聲。 老鷹專門捕食啲馬騮。

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