粵

老lou5公gung1

lou5 gung1lǎo gonglǎo gōng

English

  1. (coll.) husband
  2. (coll.) eunuch
  3. (noun) husband
  4. husband
  5. see also 老公[lao3 gong1]
  6. intimate form of address for one's own boyfriend

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 丈夫;一個男人同其他人舉行結婚儀式之後,呢個男人就係另一個人嘅老公;喺現代社會上有法律嘅地位(量詞:個)
  2. 部份人對男性伴侶嘅稱呼,比較親熱

Examples

  • 老公仔

    hubby

  • 佢唔鍾意佢老公。

    She disliked her husband.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢會係一個好老公。

    He'll be a good husband.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢咩事都靠晒個老公。

    She depends on her husband for everything.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我知你同咗我老公上床。

    I know you slept with my husband.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你老公會唔會嚟同我哋一齊食飯?

    Will your husband come and have dinner with us? ----

  • 佢請咗個私家偵探嚟監視住佢老公。

    She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 唔好意思呀老公,我仲喺公司未走得呀。

    Sorry honey, I'm still stuck at the office.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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