攞命

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to take; to get	life; fate
trad. (攞命)		攞	命
simp. (𫽋命)		𫽋	命
Literally: “to take life”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo² meng⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo² meng⁶
    • Yale: ló mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo² meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo² méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/

Verb

攞⫽命 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to cause death; to take a life

   攞人哋條命／𫽋人哋条命 [Cantonese]  ―  lo² jan⁴ dei⁶ tiu⁴ meng⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to take someone else's life

2. (Cantonese, by extension) to do something life-threatening
3. (Cantonese) to arouse extreme emotion; terrible

Derived terms

• 趁佢病，攞佢命 / 趁佢病，𫽋佢命

 

Adjective

攞命

1. (Cantonese) annoying; irritating; terrible; dreadful

   呢排日日都OT，真係攞命。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢排日日都OT，真系𫽋命。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ paai⁴ jat⁶ jat⁶ dou¹ OT, zan¹ hai⁶ lo² meng⁶. [Jyutping]

   Recently I've to work overtime every day, that's so terrible.

Synonyms

• 要命 (yàomìng)

Adverb

攞命

1. (Cantonese) to a great degree; extremely; terribly; awfully

Synonyms

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• 半倒死 (Hokkien)
• 半囝 (Hokkien)
• 半小死 (Hokkien)
• 半條命 / 半条命 (Hokkien)
• 半死 (bànsǐ)
• 要命 (yàomìng)
• 要死 (yàosǐ)
• 買命 / 买命 (Hokkien)