老千
Chinese[edit]
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
to swindle; to defraud | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老千) | 老 | 千 | |
| simp. #(老千) | 老 | 千 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎocian
- Wade–Giles: lao3-chʻien1
- Yale: lǎu-chyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laochian
- Palladius: лаоцянь (laocjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 cin1
- Yale: lóuh chīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 tsin1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 qin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun[edit]
老千
- (chiefly Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) con man; cheat; swindler (Classifier: 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)
- 但係唔見咗咁耐，你點知我變成咩啊？或者我變成係老千，或者我變成係一個走私販毒嘅壞人。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1959, 歡喜冤家 [The Quarrelsome Couple], 14:35 from the start, spoken by 謝賢 [Patrick Tse]
- daan6 hai6 m4 gin3 zo2 gam3 noi6, nei5 dim2 zi1 ngo5 bin3 seng4 me1 aa3? waak6 ze2 ngo5 bin3 seng4 hai6 lou5 cin1, waak6 ze2 ngo5 bin3 seng4 hai6 jat1 go3 zau2 si1 faan3 duk6 ge3 waai6 jan4. [Jyutping]
- But you haven't met me for so long, so how would you know what I've become? Maybe I became a con man, or maybe I became a bad guy who smuggles and sells drugs.
但系唔见咗咁耐，你点知我变成咩啊？或者我变成系老千，或者我变成系一个走私贩毒嘅坏人。 [Cantonese, simp.]- 被通緝的三個老千中，最倒楣的熊笹時次郎在神户市的藏身處被兵庫縣警發現，逮了個正著。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1996 February 15, 和久峻三, 古錢幣的證言（中）, in 月旦法學 [The Taiwan Law Review], number 10, page 137
- Bèi tōngjī de sān ge lǎoqiān zhōng, zuì dǎoméi de Xióngshì Shícìláng zài Shénhù Shì de cángshēnchù bèi Bīngkù xiànjǐng fāxiàn, dǎi le ge zhèng zháo. [Pinyin]
- Out of the three con artists, the unluckiest Tokijiro Kumazasa was discovered at the hideout in Kobe City by the Hyogo Prefectural Police and was caught red-handed.
被通缉的三个老千中，最倒楣的熊笹时次郎在神户市的藏身处被兵库县警发现，逮了个正着。 [MSC, simp.]