Cantonese words starting with L

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陆路
luk6 lou6land route
luk6 luk6 luk6666, one of the most widely recognized symbols for the devil
陆陆续续
luk6 luk6 zuk6 zuk6in succession; continuously
绿玛瑙
luk6 maa5 nou5chrysoprase (mineral)
绿尾虹雉
luk6 mei5 hung4 zi6(bird species of China) Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
六面体
luk6 min6 tai2hexahedron
祿禄命
luk6 ming6person's lot through life
绿帽子
luk6 mou2 zi2green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)
绿泥石
luk6 nai4 sek6chlorite (geology)
祿禄饵
luk6 nei6official pay as bait (for talent)
绿女红男
luk6 neoi5 hung4 naam4young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
六艺
luk6 ngai6the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])
luk6 on1see 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4]
luk6 on1 si5Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
luk6 on1 tung4see 氯胺酮[lu:4 an4 tong2]
luk6 on1 tung4ketamine (C13H16ClNO)
鹿
luk6 paau3 zo6Camelopardalis (constellation)
绿皮书
luk6 pei4 syu1green paper (government report proposing policies and inviting discussion)
六盘山
luk6 pun4 saan1Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China
六盘水
luk6 pun4 seoi2see 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4 pan2 shui3 Shi4]
六盘水市
luk6 pun4 seoi2 si5Liupanshui, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]
西陆西星
luk6 sai1 sing1Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2]
luk6 san4the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
六神无主
luk6 san4 mou4 zyu2out of one's wits (idiom); stunned
陆生
luk6 sang1terrestrial (animal, species)
luk6 sap6sixty
luk6 sap6 luk6sixty-six
luk6 sap6 nin4 doi6the sixties
luk6 sap6 sei3 gwaa3the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
luk6 sap6 sei3 wai2 jyun464-bit (computing)
鹿鹿死谁手
luk6 sei2 seoi4 sau2lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom)
luk6 sei3refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
luk6 sei3 si6 gin2Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989
绿水
luk6 seoi2green water
绿色
luk6 sik1green
绿色的士
luk6 sik1 dik1 si2Green Taxi (taxis that operates in the New Territories in Hong Kong are all green colored)
六式码
luk6 sik1 maa5Six sigma institute
绿色食品
luk6 sik1 sik6 ban2clean, unadulterated food product
绿色小巴
luk6 sik1 siu2 baa1Green Minibus
绿色和平
luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4Greenpeace (environmental network)
祿禄食
luk6 sik6official pay
祿禄星
luk6 sing1Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
鹿
luk6 sing4see 鹿城區|鹿城区[Lu4 cheng2 Qu1]
鹿鹿城区
luk6 sing4 keoi1Lucheng, a district of Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
录相
luk6 soeng3variant of 錄像|录像[lu4 xiang4]
陆上
luk6 soeng6land-based
六书
luk6 syu1Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
绿树
luk6 syu6trees
绿树成荫
luk6 syu6 sing4 jam3(idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
luk6 syun1chloric acid HClO3

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