Cantonese words starting with L

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落发
lok6 faat3tonsure, to shave one's head to be a monk or a nun
lok6 fei4fertilize
lok6 fong1 ji4 tou4run away after being defeated
乐富
lok6 fu3Lok Fu, a public housing estate situated in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
lok6 fun2inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc
落价
lok6 gaa3(coll.) to fall or drop in price
lok6 gaai1go down to the street (spoken)
lok6 gaak3to take possession of something illegally; (food) being digested
lok6 gaak3allow food to digest properly after meals (spoken)
lok6 gaang1to get off work; to finish a shift
lok6 gau2 si2raining cats and dogs
lok6 gei1Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology
落机
lok6 gei1landing; to disembark a plane
lok6 gei1 saan1Rocky Mountains
洛矶山
lok6 gei1 saan1Rocky Mountains
lok6 gei1 saan1Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
洛矶山脉
lok6 gei1 saan1 mak6Rocky Mountains
乐极生悲
lok6 gik6 sang1 bei1extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
乐见其成
lok6 gin3 kei4 sing4to look favorably on sth
落脚
lok6 goek3to stay for a time; to lodge; leftovers
落降头
lok6 gong3 tau4cast a voodoo curse
乐高
lok6 gou1Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
乐观
lok6 gun1feel positive
乐观其成
lok6 gun1 kei4 sing4to look favorably on sth
乐观主义
lok6 gun1 zyu2 ji6optimism
乐捐
lok6 gyun1to donate
lok6 haa6to fall; to land (of projectile)
lok6 haai4 jau2(literally: to put on shoe polish); to flatter, to be obsequious
lok6 haak3To drop-off passengers
lok6 hak1 fei1 lak6Rockefeller
西
lok6 hak1 sai1 dak1Lockheed (US aerospace company)
lok6 hau2 gung1recording of statement (police)
落后
lok6 hau6out-date
洛希尔
lok6 hei1 ji5Rothschild (name)
lok6 heoi3go down (spoken)
乐呵呵
lok6 ho1 ho1happily
lok6 ho2 ho2rococo (loanword)
落乡
lok6 hoeng1go to hometown; to go to the countryside
乐开花
lok6 hoi1 faa1to burst with joy
lok6 hong3to be laid up in bed with illness
lok6 hung1to omit; to neglect (to do sth)
落红
lok6 hung4lost virginity; the show (during pregnancy when the plug of mucus from the cervix comes away); fallen flowers (a dated meaning)
lok6 jap6to fall into
落入法网
lok6 jap6 faat3 mong5to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
lok6 jat6setting sun
乐意
lok6 ji3to be willing to do sth; to be happy to do sth; satisfied
乐儿
lok6 ji4see 樂子|乐子[le4 zi5]
乐而不淫
lok6 ji4 bat1 jam4joy without wantonness
乐而忘返
lok6 ji4 mong4 faan2to forget to leave a place when one is having too much fun
lok6 jing4facial changes due to excessive slimming or sickness

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