樓奴
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | slave | ||
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trad. (樓奴) | 樓 | 奴 | |
simp. (楼奴) | 楼 | 奴 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lau4-2 nou4
- Yale: láu nòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4-2 nou4
- Guangdong Romanization: leo4-2 nou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵ nou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]樓奴
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) mortgage slave (person who works hard to earn their mortgage repayments)
Synonyms
[edit]- 房奴 (fángnú)