粵

弄lung6瓦ngaa5

lung6 ngaa5nòng wǎ

English

  1. (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter
  2. giving small components from threading machines to baby girls and let them play with it, and hope that the girls will excel in threading in the future
  3. to give birth to a girl, used in congratulations to parents

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 生女；通常用嚟祝福啱啱生女嘅父母

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

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