lou5 kai3老契
Definition
A lover or long-term sexual partner; a regular customer of a prostitute.
- slanga lover; a long-term sexual partner outside of marriage
- slanga regular customer of a prostitute
How it's used
This term carries a somewhat dated and specific nuance, often implying a long-term or illicit romantic connection. It is rarely used in modern, polite conversation and can sound quite blunt or derogatory depending on the context. While it can refer to a regular client in a sex work context, it is also used colloquially to describe a former partner with whom one had a significant, albeit perhaps unofficial, relationship.
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Do not confuse this with the Mandarin term 老契, which can sometimes refer to a sworn brother or a close friend in specific dialects. In Cantonese, the term is almost exclusively tied to romantic or sexual history and carries a much heavier, often negative, social weight.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
