寡佬

Chinese

		few; widowed	man; guy
simp. and trad. (寡佬)		寡	佬

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² lou²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa² lou²
  - Yale: gwá lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² lou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua² lou²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷäː³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

Noun

寡佬

(Cantonese) single man; bachelor

Synonyms

單身漢／单身汉 (dānshēnhàn)
王老五 (wánglǎowǔ)
跑腿子 (pǎotuǐzi)
(Cantonese) 單身寡佬／单身寡佬 (dānshēnguǎlǎo)
(Hakka) 羅漢腳／罗汉脚
(Min Nan) 羅漢跤／罗汉跤, 羅漢跤仔／罗汉跤仔, 十一哥, 十一叔, 獨身仔／独身仔

Derived terms

單身寡佬／单身寡佬 (dānshēnguǎlǎo)

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