笠 (lap1) — coax; sweet-talk; flatter in Cantonese

lapˉ¹笠

Mandarin Pinyin: li4

Meaning of 笠

nouncoax; sweet-talk; flatter

noun冧 [lam1]

nouncover up from top; slip on

nounlarge bamboo/straw hat

nounsteal

noun(Cantonese)/homonym for love/robbery/to chicken-out/to put on something over one's head (a cap or hat)/to praise

Example Sentences with 笠

BB要食，快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度.

The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。

zungˉ¹鐘biuˉ¹錶pouˉ¹鋪zapˉ¹執laipˍ₆笠。

The watch shop is closing down.

keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係laapˍ₆笠gouˉ¹高maau6.帽。

He's putting on airs.

mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想laapˍ₆笠gouˉ¹高maau6.帽。

I don't want to brag.

gamˊ²咁joengˍ₆樣haiˍ₆係laapˍ₆笠gouˉ¹高maau6.帽。

That's just putting on a show.

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Words Containing 笠

(of a business) to close down; to close shop; to go bankrupt | 漢: 倒閉

過頭笠冷衫gwo3 tau4 lap1 laang1 saam1

牛記笠記ngau4 gei3 lap1 gei3

casual shabby clothing, such as T – shirt and jeans [colloquial]

狗笠gau2 lap1

a condom [colloquial]

笠衫lap1 saam1

undershirts; T-shirts

聽執笠ting3 zap1 lap1

for a store to be on the verge of shutting down indefinitely (a store,business) merely be waiting to go out of business and shut down for good

老笠lou5 lap1

to rob, to mug; mugging; to seize by force

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