佬
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.male
- 2.man (Cantonese)
CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA
Wiktionary
- 1.(adult) man; guy; fellow; chap (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- 2.brother
- 3.only used in 侾佬 (“large”)
- 4.to cheat; to swindle
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 亻 (“man; person”) + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ). Found in certain southern dialects (chiefly Cantonese) as the colloquial word for “man” (for example, in the term 肥佬). Probably related to Zhuang raeuz ~ laeuz (“we; also a demonym: Rau peoples”), a widespread Tai word meaning “we; people” (Proto-Tai *rawᴬ). First attested in 1678 in the following passage from Guangdong Xinyu: Also compare Proto-Hmongic *ʔljuwᴮ (“male”) (White Hmong lau (“male”)), Proto-Katuic *-law (“man”), as well as Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao < people”), Thai ลาว (laao).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
More examples & usage (AI)
Synonyms
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Derived terms
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Related words
仫佬 Mulao ethnic group赤佬 (dialect) scoundrel大佬 big shot (leading some field or group); godfather (in an organization)姬佬 (slang) lesbian姆佬 Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi福佬 Hoklo阔佬 wealthy person基佬 (slang) gay guy仡佬 Gelao ethnic group鬼佬 foreigner (Cantonese)北佬 northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)乡巴佬 (derog.) country bumpkin; hick