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翻轉頭faan1 zyun3 tau4To return翻頭婆faan1 tau4 po4women who re-married (slang)翻頭嫁faan1 tau4 gaa3describes the act of a widow or a divorced woman who decides to get married again翻風faan1 fung1wind is picking up (spoken)老交情lou5 gaau1 cing4Old friend; go way back老人家lou5 jan4 gaa1(noun) General term to call a senior老人成嫩仔lou5 jan4 sing4 nyun6 zai2rejuvenation老人星lou5 jan4 sing1Canopus老人精lou5 jan4 zing1describes a child who acts like an adult; a young but worldly person老作lou5 zok3faking (spoken)老來嬌lou5 loi4 giu1an elderly (female) who dresses up to cover up actual age (spoken)老倌lou5 gun1a reputable actor, usually an opera actor老公仔lou5 gung1 zai2hubby (spoken)老公撥扇lou5 gung1 put3 sin3(literally: husband fans); miserable; desolate; pitiful老公lou5 gung1(noun) husband老公餅lou5 gung1 beng2Husband cake, a pastry that is made with fermented bean curd, garlic and black sesame mix paste老友鬼鬼lou5 jau2 gwai2 gwai2Old Buddies老嘢lou5 je5old man (impolite term)老坑lou5 haang1old people老夫子lou5 fu1 zi2Old Master Q (a comic book character)老婆仔lou5 po4 zai2young wife; 'wifey'; way to address a steady girlfriend老婆餅lou5 po4 beng2Wife cake, a pastry made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste and sesame老宗lou5 zung1a distant relative who shares a common ancestor; someone of the same clan; someone with a same surname老定lou5 ding6(adjective) unflappable; calm; self-possessed; confident; composed老少平安lou5 siu3 ping4 on1the old and the young are all safe and sound, the name for a dish of steamed tofu with fish paste老尖lou5 zim1Tsim Sha Tsui (spoken)老屈lou5 wat1to wrongly accuse someone; to frame someone老差骨lou5 caai1 gwat1experienced policemen (slang)老幾lou5 gei2order of seniority; level; can be used in a rhetorical question to express the insignificance of a person (in a disdainful manner)老廉lou5 lim4Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)老懵懂lou5 mung2 dung2describes an old person who has a bad memory; a dotard老撾人民民主共和國lou5 wo1 jan4 man4 man4 zyu2 gung6 wo4 gwok3Lao People's Democratic Republic