Cantonese words starting with L

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lou5 man6Leuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university)

lou5 mau4a murderer [colloquial]

老謀深算老谋深算

lou5 mau4 sam1 syun3rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect

lou5 mei2variant of 滷味|卤味[lu3 wei4]

lou5 mei5(coll.) an American; person from the United States

lou5 mei6food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices

lou5 mei6weapons; euphemism for 老母, a vulgar way to refer to one's mother [colloquial]

lou5 miu2Temple street, a street in Hong Kong [colloquial]

lou5 mong5hot-headed; impulsive; reckless

lou5 mong5variant of 魯莽|鲁莽[lu3 mang3]

lou5 mou2(n.) Mother (often used in an offensive manner when swearing at someone).

老帽兒老帽儿

lou5 mou2 ji4(dialect) country bumpkin

lou5 mou4Chairman Mao

lou5 mou4 beng6chronic illness; chronic problem

lou5 mou4 zi2Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)

老母雞老母鸡

lou5 mou5 gai1old bitch; old bag, an insulting term for a woman [colloquial]

lou5 mou6dim sight of the aged; senile

lou5 mung2 dung2describes an old person who has a bad memory; a dotard

lou5 naai4 naai2(coll.) father's father's mother; respectful form of address for an old woman

lou5 naap6old monk

lou5 nai4the mixture of dirt and dead skin on the surface of the skin; literally 'old mud'

lou5 nai4 mui1(literally: grubby girl); teenage girl who stays away from home and hangs out on the streets, usually promiscuous and vulgar in their mannerism

lou5 nam1number (of a prisoner

老吾老，以及人之老

lou5 ng4 lou5 ，ji5 kap6 jan4 zi1 lou5to honor old people as we do our own aged parents

老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼

lou5 ng4 lou5 ，ji5 kap6 jan4 zi1 lou5 ，jau3 ng4 jau3 ，ji5 kap6 jan4 zi1 jau3to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own

lou5 ngaan5 fan1 faa1blurred vision of an old person (idiom)

lou5 ngan1 ke2a small, thin, wrinkled person; a old person who is small and thin like a child [colloquial]

老牛吃嫩草

lou5 ngau4 hek3 nyun6 cou2lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom); a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

老牛拉破車老牛拉破车

lou5 ngau4 laai1 po3 ce1see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lao3 niu2 po4 che1]

老牛破車老牛破车

lou5 ngau4 po3 ce1lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom)

老牛舐犢老牛舐犊

lou5 ngau4 saai5 duk6lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)

老牛聲老牛声

lou5 ngau4 seng1a loud and harsh voice

lou5 ngau5(literally: old lotus root); an unattractive elderly woman

老嚙嚙老啮啮

lou5 nget6 nget6very old (age) [colloquial]

lou5 nget6 nget6Old, feeble and lonely; vegetables that are too old and tough to bite

lou5 ngoi6(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person); amateur

lou5 ngong4Rouen (France)

lou5 nin4elderly; autumn of one's years

老年痴獃老年痴呆

lou5 nin4 ci1 ngoi4senile dementia

老年痴獃症老年痴呆症

lou5 nin4 ci1 ngoi4 zing3senile dementia

lou5 nin4 jan4old people; the elderly

lou5 nin4 kei4old age

老年性痴獃症老年性痴呆症

lou5 nin4 sing3 ci1 ngoi4 zing3senile dementia

lou5 niu5(coll.) old hand; veteran

lou5 noeng4maternal grandmother (dialectal)

lou5 noeng4my old mother; my old lady (colloquial); midwife

lou5 ou2old woman; beldam [colloquial]

lou5 paai4old, well-known brand; an old hand; experienced veteran

lou5 paang2old Pang; an old friend

lou5 paang4associates; friends [colloquial]

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