粵

活wut6口hau2

wut6 hau2huó kǒu

English

  1. sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator
  2. a survivor; a prisoner kept alive to ectract information from
  3. a captive who can provide information
  4. survivor of a murder attempt

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 並冇好似當時在場其他人噉畀人謀殺嘅生還者(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 呢班海盜殺人唔留活口。

    These pirates do not keep any survivor when they kill.

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

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