Cantonese words starting with L

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Example sentence; a sentence used to demonstrate how a word or phrase is used.

Lai King; a residential area on the hills behind Kwai Chung Container Terminals in the New Territories.

Malicious ghost or spirit of someone who died violently or unjustly and seeks vengeance.

Routine or regular; happening repeatedly according to custom, rules, or a pattern.

lai6 hang4 gung1 si6

Routine business; a matter of routine or a tedious, repetitive chore.

Awesome, intense, or formidable; fierce and powerful.

For example; such as; for instance.

Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, a historic amusement park that operated in Hong Kong.

Regulations, rules, or established precedents.

Exception; to be an exception or excluded from a general rule.

As usual; same old way; customary or habitual.

lai6 paai4 coi3

Signature dish; a specialty dish of a restaurant.

Tasteless soup provided for free by Hong Kong restaurants.

A red packet containing gift money, given during Chinese New Year or on special occasions for good luck.

An example question or illustrative problem used for teaching and practice.

Soup of the day served at a restaurant.

Lai Chi Kok Bay; a reclaimed bay in Kowloon, Hong Kong, around Mei Foo and Lai Chi Kok Park.

A regular, scheduled meeting.

Natural beauty; fine qualities.

Lychee; a sweet, juicy fruit with red skin, white flesh, and a seed inside.

Lai Chi Kok, an area in northwestern Kowloon, Hong Kong.

An edible wild fungus that grows under lychee trees during the lychee harvesting season.

An example or case used to illustrate, explain, or prove something.

Inspirational, encouraging, or motivational; inspiring someone to pursue their aspirations.

lai6 zing1 tou4 zi6

勵精圖治励精图治

To exert great effort to govern a country well and bring it into prosperity.

An example or illustration used to prove a point.

Irritating, painful, or uncomfortable in the eyes or throat due to a foreign object or inflammation.

A thorn or prickle on a plant or flower.

To hold, grab, or carry in the hand.

To write or carve; also refers to rocks splitting along their natural veins, or to coagulate.

Thorn, prickle, or bramble.

Difficult to get along with; hard to deal with.

lak6 gan2 fu3 tau4

勒緊褲頭勒紧裤头

To tighten one's belt; to cut down on expenses due to financial difficulty.

Rib; the bones that protect the chest cavity in animals.

To order or compel someone to do something, typically by an official authority.

Laksa; a spicy noodle soup from Southeast Asia.

lak6 sat6 fu3 tau4 daai2

勒實褲頭帶勒实裤头带

To tighten one's belt; to save money and live frugally.

To blackmail or extort.

To strangle, throttle, or pull tight.

To collapse, fall down, or be knocked down.

Porphyrin, an organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll; also means slow.

冧巴溫冧巴温

Number one; the best or top rank.

To collapse or fail to continue operating, or to lose consciousness.

A sweet, sentimental, or romantic love song.

To kill someone.

lam1 pung4 tau4

冧篷頭冧篷头

The Chinese radical 40 (宀), representing a roof.

Rum; an alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane byproducts or juice.