老笠

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	bamboo rain hat
trad. (老笠)		老	笠
simp. #(老笠)		老	笠
alternative forms		老粒

Etymology

老 (lou5, “meaningless prefix”) + English rob.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ lap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ lap¹
    • Yale: lóuh lāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ lap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ leb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ lɐp̚⁵/

Verb

老笠

1. (Cantonese) to rob

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 搶劫 (“to rob; to mug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搶劫, 行劫
Mandarin	Taiwan	搶劫
	Singapore	打搶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搶劫, 箍頸, 𢱕冰
	Hong Kong	打劫, 搶劫, 老笠
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打劫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搶劫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搶劫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搶劫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搶劫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搶劫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	劫搶
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍劫, 拍搶
	Quanzhou	拍劫
	Tainan	搶劫
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍搶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍搶
	Jieyang	拍劫, 打劫
	Batam (Teochew)	拍搶
	Leizhou	拍劫