Cantonese words starting with L

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drowsy or slow-moving cat

indolent; negligent; slack

lazy male (slang)

a lazy person [colloquial]

(adjective) 1. addicted to; (slang) drunk;

laan6 caa4 zaa1

爛茶渣烂茶渣

(noun) things that are no use; no value or in bad conditions. Usually, this term implies to women over thirty

love to pick fights (spoken)

unscrupulous [colloquial]

laan6 daat3 daat3

爛笪笪烂笪笪

describes a person who has no integrity and is shameless; tattered

laan6 dau3 laan6

爛鬥爛烂斗烂

cannot be worse than the way it is now; the worst of the worst

(adjective) to describe someone with a compulsive gambling problem; to describe someone who is a gambling addict

laan6 dou2 gwai2

爛賭鬼烂赌鬼

a compulsive gambler [colloquial]

爛賭二烂赌二

gambling addict (spoken)

someone who sleeps a lot; someone who turns a lot or kicks off blankets when sleeping

laan6 fan3 zyu1

爛瞓豬烂瞓猪

describes a person who likes to sleep a lot; someone who sleeps all the time; a lazy person who doesn't want to get out of bed; literally 'a lazy sleeping pig'

爛ｇａｇ烂ｇａｇ

broken; worthless; a hoodlum; a thug

cry easily (spoken)

laan6 haam3 maau1

爛喊貓烂喊猫

cry-baby (spoken)

(adj.) describes someone who uses swear words and foul language a lot

laan6 hau2 gok3

爛口角烂口角

(illness) mouth blister

laan6 hou2 jan4

爛好人烂好人

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

a strong addiction

laan6 jung4 jung4

爛溶溶烂溶溶

worn to bits and pieces; ragged

laan6 jung4 jung4

爛蓉蓉烂蓉蓉

tattered or ragged

unreasonable adult male (spoken)

unaffected; unpretentious

variant of 爛漫|烂漫[lan4 man4]

variant of 爛漫|烂漫[lan4 man4]

(of a construction project etc) unfinished; derailed (due to critical setbacks)

laan6 meng6 jat1 tiu4

爛命一條烂命一条

an unworthy life with nothing to lose [colloquial]

furious; reckless; desperate

laan6 nai4 fu4 bat1 soeng5 coeng4

爛泥扶不上牆烂泥扶不上墙

useless (idiom); inept

laan6 nai4 fu4 m4 soeng5 bek3

爛泥扶唔上壁烂泥扶唔上壁

(derogatory slang) (with figurative meaning) when someone is lacking in ability ; she will not be successful no matter how others help them; you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

laan6 nai4 wu4 bat1 soeng5 coeng4

爛泥糊不上牆烂泥糊不上墙

see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]

literally: broken tile; a cat [colloquial]

easy to grow; needs little attention

laan6 san1 laan6 sai3

爛身爛勢烂身烂势

to dress in tattered and worn out clothing

unsellable goods

poor sales figures or demand

(adjective) gluttonous

laan6 sit3 tau4

爛舌頭烂舌头

to gossip; a blab-mouth

bad debt (spoken)

laan6 syun4 caak3 maai4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1

爛船拆埋都有三斤釘烂船拆埋都有三斤钉

'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'