Cantonese words starting with L

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劳碌
lou4 luk1to work hard
牢笼
lou4 lung4cage; fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); to trap
卢龙
lou4 lung4see 盧龍縣|卢龙县[Lu2 long2 Xian4]
卢龙县
lou4 lung4 jyun6Lulong, a county in Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], Hebei
劳民伤财
lou4 man4 soeng1 coi4(idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
劳模
lou4 mou4model worker
卢武铉
lou4 mou5 jyun5Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008
劳务
lou4 mou6service (work done for money)
卢瓦尔河
lou4 ngaa5 ji5 ho4Loire River, France
劳埃德
lou4 oi1 dak1Lloyd (name)
卢安达
lou4 on1 daat6Rwanda (Tw)
崂山
lou4 saan1Mount Lao, mountain in Qingdao, Shandong
庐山
lou4 saan1see 廬山市|庐山市[Lu2 shan1 Shi4]; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
芦山
lou4 saan1see 蘆山縣|芦山县[Lu2 shan1 Xian4]
芦山县
lou4 saan1 jyun6Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
崂山区
lou4 saan1 keoi1Laoshan, a district of Qingdao City 青島市|青岛市[Qing1 dao3 Shi4], Shandong
庐山区
lou4 saan1 keoi1Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi
庐山真面目
lou4 saan1 zan1 min6 muk6the real appearance of a person or thing; one's true chracters (idiom)
芦笙
lou4 saang1reed-pipe wind instrument
卢萨卡
lou4 saat3 kaa1Lusaka, capital of Zambia
西泸西
lou4 sai1see 瀘西縣|泸西县[Lu2 xi1 Xian4]
西泸西县
lou4 sai1 jyun6Luxi, a county in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
劳心
lou4 sam1to work with one's brains; to worry
卢森堡
lou4 sam1 bou2Luxembourg
劳心苦思
lou4 sam1 fu2 si1to rack one's brains
劳心劳力
lou4 sam1 lou4 lik6to tax one's mind and body; dedicated (worker)
劳神
lou4 san4to be a tax on (one's mind); to trouble
lou4 sap6 zi2variant of 勞什子|劳什子[lao2 shi2 zi5]
卢瑟
lou4 sat1(loanword) loser
卢瑟福
lou4 sat1 fuk1Rutherford (name)
泸水
lou4 seoi2see 瀘水市|泸水市[Lu2 shui3 Shi4]
芦笋
lou4 seon2asparagus
劳师动众
lou4 si1 dung6 zung3to utilise huge manpower
劳斯莱斯
lou4 si1 loi4 si1Rolls-Royce
卢氏
lou4 si6see 盧氏縣|卢氏县[Lu2 shi4 Xian4]
卢氏县
lou4 si6 jyun6Lushi, a county in Sanmenxia City 三門峽市|三门峡市[San1 men2 xia2 Shi4], Henan
卢梭
lou4 so1Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
劳伤
lou4 soeng1disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion
唠苏
lou4 sou1complaints [colloquial]
牢骚
lou4 sou1discontent; to complain
芦淞区
lou4 sung1 keoi1Lusong, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
劳损
lou4 syun2strain (medicine)
卢泰愚
lou4 taai3 jyu4Roh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993
炉台
lou4 toi4stove top
炉膛
lou4 tong4furnace chamber; stove chamber
劳委会
lou4 wai2 wui2labor committee
芦苇
lou4 wai5reed
芦苇莺
lou4 wai5 ang1(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
卢旺达
lou4 wong6 daat6Rwanda
芦荟
lou4 wui6aloe vera

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