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癲din1佬lou2

simp癫佬
din1 lou2diān lǎo

English

  1. (noun) (of male) a mentally ill person; a lunatic
  2. mad man
  3. nickname for a male dean of a college

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 發癲嘅男人(量詞:個)
  2. 男性大學學院院長嘅戲稱

Examples

  • 理學院換咗個「癲佬」喎!

    The science faculty just got a new "Dean Lo" [Homonym of "mad man"].

  • 圖書館有個癲佬響度自言自語。

    There is a mad man talking to himself in the library. ----

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

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