粵

老lou5襯can3

simp老衬
lou5 can3lǎo chèn

English

  1. (slang) to be a groom (going to get married); someone who can easily be tricked by others; a mug; a dupe; a gull; a chump; patsy
  2. dupe; sucker; victim of a fraud; an ignorant or naive person, a person who does not understand the ways of the street. Literally: old fool
  3. (satiric) married man

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 愚笨,蠢鈍,容易被騙嘅人;無知、天真嘅人,唔知世途險惡
  2. 戲稱結咗婚嘅男人

Examples

  • 你唔知佢兩年前瓜咗老襯咩?

    Didn't you know that he passed away two years ago?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 出世、結婚、瓜老襯;記得帶錢喎。

    Be born, get married, and die; always bring money.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 揾老襯

    to defraud

  • 老襯亭

    the Fool's Pavilion (old Peak Tower of Hong Kong, demolished)

  • 鱷魚頭老襯底

    appears very clever or tough but is actually stupid or ineffective

  • 成個老襯,從此被困。

    To be a married man, to be trapped forever.

  • 你賣假貨俾我,當我係老襯咩?

    Are you treating me like a sucker to sell me fakes? ----

  • 佢決定同女朋友結婚,做個老襯喎。

    He decided to wed his girlfriend and be a married man.

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

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