老虎乸
lou5 fu2 naa2lǎo hǔ ná
English
- (n.) a tigress; a ferocious woman, sometimes used in a humourous sense to refer to one's wife
- figuratively, a tough, unyielding woman; harridan; dragon-lady; literally: tiger female
粵語 — Cantonese
- 雌性嘅老虎,用嚟比喻惡死嘅女人(量詞:隻)
Examples
屋企嗰隻老虎乸揾我,係噉先。
The tiger lady at home is calling. See you for now.
你睇佢老虎乸噉,居然嫁得出啝!
She is as tough as a female tiger. It's surprising that she managed to get married!
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk