六喱

Chinese

		six	grain weight
simp. and trad. (六喱)		六	喱

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ lei¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ lei¹
  - Yale: luhk lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ lei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ léi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² lei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

六喱

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slur, derogatory) immigrant from Mainland China

Synonyms

大陸喱／大陆喱
大劣人

References

Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 268

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