闊佬

Chinese

		rich; wide; broad	man; guy
trad. (闊佬)		闊	佬
simp. (阔佬)		阔	佬
alternative forms		闊老／阔老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuòlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fut³ lou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kuah⁴ lao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuòlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuòlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-lao³
    • Yale: kwò-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohlao
    • Palladius: колао (kolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuòlǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuòlǎor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kwò-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohlaol
    • Palladius: колаор (kolaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fut³ lou²
    • Yale: fut lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fut⁸ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fud³ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːt̚³ lou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuah⁴ lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuah láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaʔ²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

闊佬

1. (colloquial) rich man; wealthy person

Synonyms

• 土豪 (tǔháo) (neologism, humorous)
• 大亨 (dàhēng)
• 大款 (dàkuǎn) (colloquial)
• 好額人／好额人 (Hokkien)
• 富人 (fùrén)
• 富翁 (fùwēng)
• 有米人 (⁶yeu-mi-gnin) (Wu)
• 有錢人／有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
• 有錢佬／有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 有鐳人／有镭人 (Hokkien)
• 水喉 (seoi² hau⁴) (Cantonese, figurative)
• 糧富／粮富 (Hakka)
• 財主／财主 (cáizhu)
• 財主佬／财主佬 (coi⁴ zyu² lou²) (Cantonese)
• 財東／财东 (cáidōng)

 

Antonyms

• 散凶人 (Hokkien)
• 散赤人 (Hokkien)
• 散食人 (Hokkien)
• 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
• 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
• 窮人子／穷人子 (qiong² ren² zr) (Xiang)
• 艱苦人／艰苦人 (Hokkien)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
• 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)

 

Adjective

闊佬

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) generous with money; extravagant

Derived terms

• 闊佬懶理／阔佬懒理
• 闊佬炒飯／阔佬炒饭