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撈laau4鬆sung1

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laau4 sung1laau1 sung1lāo sōng

English

  1. a foreigner of Cantonese, one who speaks Mandarin but does not understand Cantonese, mostly use against Northern Chinese
  2. derogatory address by Cantonese to Chinese outside the north of Guangdong, especially males, phonetically similar to the etymological origin lǎoxiōng in Mandarin

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 廣東人對北方外省人嘅貶稱,尤其是男性;源於北方外省人普遍用普通話稱呼陌生男子「老兄」(lǎoxiōng),廣東人因此以近音嘅「撈鬆」借代稱呼佢哋;構詞方面,可以因應性別、年紀,將「撈」配上唔同嘅後綴,例如撈頭、撈佬、撈婆、撈仔、撈妹等等(量詞:條/個)

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

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