撈鬆

See also: 捞松

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (撈鬆)		撈	鬆
simp. (捞松)		捞	松

Etymology

From Mandarin 老兄 (lǎoxiōng, “brother”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laau¹ sung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laau¹ sung¹
    • Yale: lāau sūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laau¹ sung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lao¹ sung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːu̯⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

撈鬆

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) Mandarin-speaking Northerners

   • 他在〈談吃生蒜〉一文中，説他初到南方時，經常聽到鄰居的兒童在他背後唱押韻的童歌：「撈鬆，撈鬆，不吃葱！」 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     他在〈谈吃生蒜〉一文中，说他初到南方时，经常听到邻居的儿童在他背后唱押韵的童歌：「捞松，捞松，不吃葱！」 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 許定銘, 〈「撈鬆丙公」：張向天〉, in 《香港文學醉一生一世》, 增訂版, Hong Kong: 初文出版社, page 92

     taa¹ zoi⁶ ‘taam⁴ hek³ saang¹ syun³’ jat¹ man⁴ zung¹, syut³ taa¹ co¹ dou³ naam⁴ fong¹ si⁴, ging¹ soeng⁴ ting³ dou³ leon⁴ geoi¹ dik¹ ji⁴ tung⁴ zoi⁶ taa¹ bui³ hau⁶ coeng³ aat³ wan⁵ dik¹ tung⁴ go¹: “laau¹ sung¹, laau¹ sung¹, bat¹ hek³ cung¹!” [Jyutping]

     In his article "On Eating Raw Garlic", he said that when he just arrived in the south, he always heard his neighbour's children singing a nursery rhyme behind his back: "Northerners, northerners, they don't eat green onions!"