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Jyutping hok6 gau3
Pinyin xué jiù

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, derogatory, usually
    scholarly person; pedant

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Jyutping hok6 gau3
Pinyin xué jiū

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. pedant
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    讀​咗​好多​書​、​好​有學​識​嘅​人​;​有陣​時​可以​有​負面​意思​,​話​嗰​個​人​淨​係​識​得​讀​死​書​。
    erudite person rich in by-the-book knowledge (sometimes with negative connotations such as "being inflexible when it comes to the application of knowledge")
    • 嗰個教授係一個老學究,都唔識變通。
      𠮶个教授系一个老学究,都唔识变通。
      go2 go3 gaau3 sau6 hai6 jat1 go3 lou5 hok6 gau3, dou1 m4 sik1 bin3 tung1.
      That professor is an old by-the-book scholar. He's so inflexible.
  2. 近義詞
    學者
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, derogatory, usually
    scholarly person; pedant
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    𠮶个教授系一个老学究,都唔识变通。
    嗰個教授係一個老學究,都唔識變通。
    go2 go3 gaau3 sau6 hai6 jat1 go3 lou5 hok6 gau3, dou1 m4 sik1 bin3 tung1.
    • That professor is an old by-the-book scholar. He's so inflexible.