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撈妹 (laau1 mui6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

撈妹 (laau1 mui6, lāo mèi) — girls from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to girls who migrated from the North; this term was used to refer to prostitutes in the past but this is less commonly used in this context nowadays

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 撈世界 (lou1 sai3 gaai3) — (slang) to make a living; to earn a living (usually a relatively poor one, mudd…
• 撈仔 (laau1 zai2) — guys from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to guys w…
• 撈偏門 (lou1 pin1 mun4) — doing illegal business; to make a living from illegal means
• 撈勻 (lou1 wan4) — to thoroughly mix; to have tried out all types of professions
• 撈唔埋 (lou1 m4 maai4) — things that cannot be mixed together; unmixable; two people that just cannot ge…
• 撈嘢 (laau4 je5) — work; a combo such as in a dessert where many items are mixed together

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