Cantonese words starting with L

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A classifier for a row, line, or array of things lined up.

Bald, or suffering from favus.

To have one's mouth or tongue irritated by eating spicy food, or to be burned or scalded by something hot.

To gun down, shoot, or kill someone with a firearm.

Horseradish; a root vegetable related to wasabi with a pungent, pungent white root used to make mustard.

To provoke, anger, or irritate someone.

Chili oil; spicy oil used as a condiment.

Spicy food or things.

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Slightly spicy; mildly hot.

Spicy flavor; hotness.

A young woman who is fashionable, attractive, and sexually appealing; a hot chick.

Brutal, cold-blooded, and merciless, or stern and severe in carrying out one's duties.

Dirty; filthy; soiled.

Dirty, filthy, messy, or unhygienic.

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辣撻貓辣挞猫

A messy, dirty, or sloppy person.

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邋遢貓邋遢猫

A dirty or untidy person, especially a child.

Chili; hot pepper; a spicy nightshade plant used as seasoning.

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Chili powder or paprika.

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Chili oil; hot oil infused with chili peppers.

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A nickname for Tabasco sauce; a spicy and sour sauce made of chili peppers, salt, and vinegar.

To provoke, anger, or trigger someone; to spark a conflict.

Chili sauce; a spicy condiment typically made from chili peppers to add flavor to food.

Derogatory term for young women from northern China.

Derogatory term used by Cantonese speakers to refer to mainland Chinese people, especially Northerners.

Derogatory term used by Cantonese speakers to refer to young men from Northern or non-Cantonese-speaking parts of China.

Messy, complicated, or disorderly.

Messy, in disarray, complex, or troublesome.

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撈邊瓣捞边瓣

An inquiry asking someone what line of work they are in or how they make a living.

To gain an advantage or obtain benefits.

To obtain benefits, advantages, or a good bargain.

撈唔掂捞唔掂

To not do well in one's career; struggling to make a living or unable to thrive.

To combine or mix together, or to work in an additional field apart from one's own.

Derogatory term used by Cantonese speakers for mainland Chinese from northern provinces, especially males.

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撈靜水捞静水

To profit from or gain advantages and benefits from opportunities that others neglect or disregard.

In time; able to do something within the time limit without being late.

Sentence-final particle used for emphasis, explanation, or identifying what something is.

Not being able to make it in time; running out of time to do something.

To come or arrive; to move towards the speaker's current location.

Plough; a large farming tool used for turning over soil.

To plough; a plough.

Lamb's quarters; fat hen; goosefoot; pigweed.

A Chinese surname, typically transliterated as Lai.

Dark; blackish yellow.

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Lebanon; a country in the Middle East on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Syria and Israel.

A modal particle used at the end of a sentence to strengthen or confirm a statement.

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Richter scale; the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.

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Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung, a Hong Kong actor.

Quinoa; a nutrient-rich seed native to South America.

Dawn; the period of time right at sunrise.

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Vivian Lai, a Hong Kong singer.