Cantonese words starting with L

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railing; banisters

see 蘭考縣|兰考县[Lan2 kao3 Xian4]

laan4 haau2 jyun6

蘭考縣兰考县

Lankao, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan

laan4 hai6 jyun4 sou3

鑭系元素镧系元素

lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lan2], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shi4], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pu3], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[po3], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shan1], europium Eu63 銪|铕[you3], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[ga2], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[te4], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[di1], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huo3], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[er3], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diu1], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yi4], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lu3]

to block off the river (with a dam

(noun) railing; balustrade

攔河壩拦河坝

a dam across a river

laan4 hoi1 haa6 dou6

蘭開夏道兰开夏道

Lancashire Road; a street in Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong

laan4 hoi1 haa6 gwan6

蘭開夏郡兰开夏郡

Lancashire (English county)

laan4 hoi1 si1 dak6

蘭開斯特兰开斯特

Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)

laan4 jan1 seoi5 gwo2

蘭因絮果兰因絮果

starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)

to trespass; to mingle

laan4 jau5 bou2

讕有寶谰有宝

act and think highly in value of oneself; showing off valuables (spoken)

Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3])

intimate conversation

slander; to accuse unjustly

(hitting) squarely in the middle; to hold by the waist

your son (honorific)

Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan

laan4 jyu4 hoeng1

蘭嶼鄉兰屿乡

Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan

see 蘭溪市|兰溪市[Lan2 xi1 Shi4]

蘭溪市兰溪市

Lanxi, a county-level city in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市[Jin1 hua2 Shi4], Zhejiang

Lancôme, French cosmetics brand

laan4 ling4 siu3 siu3 sang1

蘭陵笑笑生兰陵笑笑生

Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2]

to block sb's path

攔路虎拦路虎

stumbling block

laan4 mei5 cit3 ceoi4 seot6

闌尾切除術阑尾切除术

appendectomy (medicine)

laan4 mei5 jim4

闌尾炎阑尾炎

appendicitis (medicine)

to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc)

laan4 mou5 daa2

蘭姆打兰姆打

lambda (Greek letter Λλ)

laan4 mou5 daat6

蘭姆達兰姆达

lambda (Greek letter Λλ)

laan4 mou5 zau2

蘭姆酒兰姆酒

rum (beverage) (loanword)

regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program)

laan4 ngaai6 tung4 fan4

蘭艾同焚兰艾同焚

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

see 蘭坪白族普米族自治縣|兰坪白族普米族自治县[Lan2 ping2 Bai2 zu2 Pu3 mi3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

laan4 ping4 baak6 zuk6 pou2 mai5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

蘭坪白族普米族自治縣兰坪白族普米族自治县

Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County, in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

laan4 ping4 jyun6

蘭坪縣兰坪县

see 蘭坪白族普米族自治縣|兰坪白族普米族自治县[Lan2 ping2 Bai2 zu2 Pu3 mi3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

lit. directory of orchids

see 蘭山區|兰山区[Lan2 shan1 Qu1]

coming to an end

laan4 saan1 keoi1

蘭山區兰山区

Lanshan, a district of Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong

see 蘭西縣|兰西县[Lan2 xi1 Xian4]

laan4 sai1 jyun6

蘭西縣兰西县

Lanxi, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang

Lanzhou and Xinjiang