粵

瘌laat3痢lei1

laat3 lei1laat6 lei1là lì

English

  1. an illness: favus on the scalp; head bald from scabies
  2. scabies

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 皮膚病,頭頂生瘡搞到發炎嗰部份甩頭髮,攪到個頭一笪笪,同鬼剃頭唔同

Examples

  • 瘌痢頭

    head with scabies

  • 有頭髮邊個想做瘌痢

    nobody wants bad things to happen to them; literally: nobody with hair wants to get scabies

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

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