粵

弄lung6璋zoeng1

lung6 zoeng1nòng zhāng

English

  1. (literary) to have a baby boy; to celebrate the birth of a son
  2. giving jade to baby boys and let them play with it, and hope that the boys will have an integrity as pure as jade in the future
  3. to give birth to a boy, used in congratulations to parents

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 生仔;通常用嚟祝福啱啱生仔嘅父母

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

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