攞命

Chinese

(Cantonese) to take; to get life; fate
trad. (攞命)
simp. (𫽋命) 𫽋
Literally: “to take life”.

Pronunciation


Verb

攞⫽命 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to cause death; to take a life
    人哋𫽋人哋 [Cantonese]  ―  lo2 jan4 dei6 tiu4 meng6 [Jyutping]  ―  to take someone else's life
  2. (Cantonese, by extension) to do something life-threatening
  3. (Cantonese) to arouse extreme emotion; terrible

Derived terms

Adjective

攞命

  1. (Cantonese) annoying; irritating; terrible; dreadful
    呢排日日OT真係攞命 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢排日日OT真系𫽋命 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ni1 paai4 jat6 jat6 dou1 OT, zan1 hai6 lo2 meng6. [Jyutping]
    Recently I've to work overtime every day, that's so terrible.

Synonyms

Adverb

攞命

  1. (Cantonese) to a great degree; extremely; terribly; awfully

Synonyms