Cantonese words starting with L
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魯棒鲁棒
lou5 paang5robust (loanword)
魯棒性鲁棒性
lou5 paang5 sing3robustness
老朋
lou5 pang4good or best friend; mates (spoken)
老朋友
lou5 pang4 jau5old friend; menstruation
老脾
lou5 pei4tantrum; emotional outbreak (spoken)
老編老编
lou5 pin1senior editor (spoken)
老婆
lou5 po4(coll.) wife
老婆餅老婆饼
lou5 po4 beng2Wife cake, a pastry made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste and sesame
老婆孩子熱炕頭老婆孩子热炕头
lou5 po4 haai4 zi2 jit6 hong3 tau4wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
老婆乸
lou5 po4 naa2old woman; beldam [colloquial]
老婆仔
lou5 po4 zai2young wife; 'wifey'; way to address a steady girlfriend
老蚌生珠
lou5 pong5 saang1 zyu1lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)
老譜老谱
lou5 pou2old ways; old habit
姥鯊姥鲨
lou5 saa1basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
老三篇
lou5 saam1 pin1Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
老三色
lou5 saam1 sik1the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
魯山鲁山
lou5 saan1see 魯山縣|鲁山县[Lu3 shan1 Xian4]
魯山縣鲁山县
lou5 saan1 jyun6Lushan, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Henan
老山自行車館老山自行车馆
lou5 saan1 zi6 hang4 ce1 gun2Laoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue
老散
lou5 saan2a police constable [colloquial]
老西
lou5 sai1a suit; a westerner
老細老细
lou5 sai3(n.
老身
lou5 san1old woman referring to oneself
老臣子
lou5 san4 zi2long server staff (spoken)
老神在在
lou5 san4 zoi6 zoi6(Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
老生
lou5 sang1venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
老生常談老生常谈
lou5 sang1 soeng4 taam4platitude
老實老实
lou5 sat6honest; sincere; naive; gullible
老實巴交老实巴交
lou5 sat6 baa1 gaau1(coll.) docile; biddable
老實說老实说
lou5 sat6 syut3honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
老羞成怒
lou5 sau1 sing4 nou6see 惱羞成怒|恼羞成怒[nao3 xiu1 cheng2 nu4]
老叟
lou5 sau2old man
老手
lou5 sau2(noun) Veteran of something
老舍
lou5 se3Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
魯蛇鲁蛇
lou5 se4(Tw) (slang) (loanword) loser
老死
lou5 sei2best friend (spoken)
滷水卤水
lou5 seoi2(noun) Brine
老水
lou5 seoi2seasoned; experienced
鹵水卤水
lou5 seoi2brine; marinade
老水鴨老水鸭
lou5 seoi2 aap2Duck in soya sauce
鹵水鴨卤水鸭
lou5 seoi2 aap3brine-soaked duck; marinated duck
魯迅鲁迅
lou5 seon3Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
老師老师
lou5 si1teacher
魯史鲁史
lou5 si2History of Kingdom Lu
老屎忽
lou5 si2 fat1the elders; the senior member of a triad society; an experience and crafty person [colloquial]
老是
lou5 si6always
老視老视
lou5 si6presbyopia
老視眼老视眼
lou5 si6 ngaan5presbyopia
老式
lou5 sik1old-fashioned; outdated
老城
lou5 sing4old town
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