粵

老lou5婆po4

lou5 po4lǎo pó

English

  1. (coll.) wife
  2. wife

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 妻子,同一個男性舉行結婚儀式之後,呢個女人就係呢位男性嘅老婆;喺現代社會有法律上嘅地位(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 帶埋你老婆嚟吖。

    Bring your wife.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你仲愛唔愛你老婆呀?

    Do you still love your wife?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 死咗老婆嘅人叫做鰥夫。

    A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢成日都送禮物俾老婆。

    He is always giving presents to his wife.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我想娶佢個獨生女做老婆。

    I want to have his only daughter for my wife.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我唔係想要老婆,我想搵個SP咋。

    It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 有啲情侶會喺婚前叫對方做老公、老婆,以示親熱

    a common way to address a girlfriend

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

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