粵

土tou2豪hou4

tou2 hou4tǔ háo

English

  1. local tyrant
  2. local strong man
  3. (slang) nouveau riche
  4. local despot; local tyrant; figuratively, parvenu, new-rich, or bad taste billionaire

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 地方豪族、惡霸;引申指暴發户、品味惡俗嘅富豪

Examples

  • 土豪金

    despot's golden color

  • 佢係靠響鄉下蝦蝦霸霸、巧取豪奪而致富,極其量只係一個土豪。

    He becomes rich by bulling the village people and robbing their properties, so he is just a local tyrant.

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

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