孤佬

Chinese

		lone; lonely	man; guy
trad. (孤佬)		孤	佬
simp. #(孤佬)		孤	佬

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gu¹ lau³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gou¹ lao²

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gu¹ lau³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lau³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou¹ lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kou láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou³³⁻²³ lau⁵²/

Noun

孤佬

1. (Meixian Hakka, Shantou Teochew) widower

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寡夫 (“widower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鰥夫, 寡夫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	寡佬, 寡公
	Dongguan	寡佬
Hakka	Meixian	孤佬
Southern Min	Shantou	鰥夫, 孤佬

• (Hokkien) 死某的