老作
lou5 zok3lǎo zuò
English
- faking (spoken)
- to make up; to compose; see 作
粵語 — Cantonese
- 同作。老係虛詞。
Examples
「嗰個字點解呀?」「哦,冇意思㗎,老作出嚟扮法文㗎咋。」
"What does that word mean?" "Oh, it doesn't mean anything. It's just a made-up word that's supposed to sound like French."
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
呢題我唔識做㗎,個答案我老作㗎咋。
I didn't know the answer. I just made it up.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk