粵

骨gwat1頭tau4

simp骨头
gwat1 tau4gǔ tou

English

  1. bone
  2. moral character
  3. bitterness
  4. Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
  5. bone
  6. personality

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係骨(量詞:個/條)
  2. 人嘅性格,係一種幽默嘅講法

Examples

  • 四處奔跑的狗找到了骨頭。

    The dog that trots about finds a bone.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 湯姆的手臂和手斷了些骨頭。

    Tom broke some bones in his arm and hand.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 賤骨頭

    miserable wretch

  • 硬骨頭

    tough

  • 狗好鐘意啃骨頭。

    Dogs love to chew on bones. ----

  • 你呢個懶骨頭,快啲行啦遲到啦。

    Hurry up, lazybones! We're running late.

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

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