Cantonese words starting with L

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lou5 faan1 dung1Christmas (spoken)

老番涼茶老番凉茶

lou5 faan1 loeng4 caa4beer (slang)

老番睇榜第一

lou5 faan1 tai2 bong2 dai6 jat1come last (slang)

lou5 faat3to simmer

老佛爺老佛爷

lou5 fat6 je4title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father

魯佛爾宮鲁佛尔宫

lou5 fat6 ji5 gung1the Louvre

老火靚湯老火靓汤

lou5 fo2 leng3 tong1A nice slow simmered soup

老火湯老火汤

lou5 fo2 tong1slow-cooked soup

lou5 fu1 zi2Old Master Q (a comic book character)

lou5 fu2 coi3tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek

老虎機老虎机

lou5 fu2 gei1slot machine

lou5 fu2 haai5Ranina Ranina ; spanner crab; to describe a bully who acts in a tyrannous manner; used as a modal particle in a sentence to convey a resolute sense of doing something, similar to saying 'no matter what', 'regardless of whatever'

老虎鉗老虎钳

lou5 fu2 kim2vise

老虎唔發威當病貓老虎唔发威当病猫

lou5 fu2 m4 faat3 wai1 dong3 beng6 maau1a tiger taken as an ill cat just because it doesn't roar, a metaphor to say don't underestimate one's power

lou5 fu2 naa2(n.) a tigress; a ferocious woman, sometimes used in a humourous sense to refer to one's wife

老虎伍茲老虎伍兹

lou5 fu2 ng5 zi1Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer

老虎頭上釘蝨乸老虎头上钉虱乸

lou5 fu2 tau4 soeng6 deng1 sat1 naa2(literally: put lice on the tiger's head); to provoke a powerful person or organization

lou5 fu2 zou3old-style large kitchen stove

老婦人老妇人

lou5 fu5 jan4old lady

lou5 fu6father; venerable sir

lou5 fung2to take something

lou5 gaa1native place; home state or region

老家賊老家贼

lou5 gaa1 caak6(dialect) sparrow

lou5 gaai1Lao Cai, Vietnam

lou5 gaai1 zaam6Laojie Station

lou5 gaan1 geoi6 waat6variant of 老奸巨猾[lao3 jian1 ju4 hua2]

lou5 gaan1 geoi6 waat6cunning; wily old fox

lou5 gaan2callus (patch or hardened skin); also 老趼

lou5 gaan2callus; corns (on the feet)

lou5 gaau1 cing4Old friend; go way back

lou5 gau6outmoded

lou5 gei2order of seniority; level; can be used in a rhetorical question to express the insignificance of a person (in a disdainful manner)

lou5 geoi2prositute (spoken)

lou5 ging2advanced years

lou5 go1oldie (song)

lou5 goeng1aged ginger

lou5 gu1 po4an old spinster [colloquial]

lou5 gu2 baan2overly conservative; old fogey

lou5 gun1a reputable actor, usually an opera actor

lou5 gun2(slang) to masturbate

lou5 gung1(noun) husband

老公餅老公饼

lou5 gung1 beng2Husband cake, a pastry that is made with fermented bean curd, garlic and black sesame mix paste

lou5 gung1 gung1old man; father-in-law

老公撥扇老公拨扇

lou5 gung1 put3 sin3(literally: husband fans); miserable; desolate; pitiful

lou5 gung1 zai2hubby (spoken)

lou5 gwai2an old person (colloquial or derogatory)

lou5 gwan1Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

lou5 gwan1an uniformed police [colloquial]

lou5 gwan1the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)

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