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老公

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo gōng#

(coll.) husband

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo gong#

(coll.) eunuch
see also 老公 lǎo gōng

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke

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3–1 · lao3 gong1

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lou5 gung1

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noun

(colloquial) husband
(literary) elderly person
(archaic) father
(humorous) the public
(Internet slang, ACG, neologism) husbando

noun

(colloquial, archaic) eunuch

noun

(Teochew) great-grandfather

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