Cantonese words starting with L

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Land route; a path for walking or travelling by vehicle on land.

666; the biblical number of the beast, widely recognized as a symbol for the devil.

luk6 luk6 zuk6 zuk6

陸陸續續陆陆续续

One after another; continuously and gradually.

綠瑪瑙绿玛瑙

Chrysoprase, a green-coloured gemstone variety of chalcedony.

luk6 mei5 hung4 zi6

綠尾虹雉绿尾虹雉

Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii), a bird species native to China.

六面體六面体

Hexahedron; a solid figure with six faces.

A person's fate or lot in life.

綠帽子绿帽子

Green hat; a figurative symbol of being a cuckold.

綠泥石绿泥石

Chlorite, a group of green silicate minerals.

An official salary or position used as bait to recruit or control talent.

luk6 neoi5 hung4 naam4

綠女紅男绿女红男

Young people dressed in beautiful, fashionable clothes.

The Six Arts in Confucianism: rites, music, archery, chariotry, calligraphy, and arithmetic.

Lu'an, a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.

Lu'an, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province.

Ketamine, an anesthetic and antidepressant that is also a commonly abused recreational drug.

Camelopardalis; a constellation in the northern sky.

綠皮書绿皮书

Green paper; a government report proposing policies and inviting public discussion.

luk6 pun4 saan1

六盤山六盘山

Liupan Mountains, a mountain range in northern China.

luk6 pun4 seoi2

六盤水六盘水

Liupanshui, a prefecture-level city in Guizhou province, China.

luk6 pun4 seoi2 si5

六盤水市六盘水市

Liupanshui, a prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province, China.

luk6 sai1 sing1

陸西星陆西星

Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), a Ming dynasty Daoist author to whom the novel "Investiture of the Gods" is attributed.

The six spirits in traditional Chinese medicine that rule the vital organs.

luk6 san4 mou4 zyu2

六神無主六神无主

To be at a complete loss, stunned, or panicked by an unexpected incident and not know what to do.

Terrestrial; living on land, especially of animals or plants.

Sixty-six; the number 66.

luk6 sap6 nin4 doi6

The sixties; the 1960s.

luk6 sap6 sei3 gwaa3

The sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching).

luk6 sap6 sei3 wai2 jyun4

六十四位元

64-bit; a unit of data width in computer hardware and software.

luk6 sei2 seoi4 sau2

鹿死誰手鹿死谁手

Unclear who will emerge victorious or who will win in a fierce competition.

The June 4th Tiananmen Square incident, or the 1989 democracy movement in China.

luk6 sei3 si6 gin2

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the subsequent military crackdown on June 4th.

Green-colored water.

Green; the color of leaves and grass.

luk6 sik1 dik1 si2

綠色的士绿色的士

Green taxi; a type of Hong Kong taxi that operates primarily in the New Territories.

六式碼六式码

Six Sigma; a set of techniques and tools for process improvement.

luk6 sik1 sik6 ban2

綠色食品绿色食品

Green food; organic, clean, and unadulterated food product.

luk6 sik1 siu2 baa1

綠色小巴绿色小巴

Green minibus; a type of scheduled, fixed-route public light bus in Hong Kong.

luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4

綠色和平绿色和平

Greenpeace, the international environmental organization.

To draw an official salary; official pay or compensation.

The Star God of Rank and Affluence in Daoism.

Lucheng district of Wenzhou city, Zhejiang.

luk6 sing4 keoi1

鹿城區鹿城区

Lucheng, a district of Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province.

To record video; a video recording.

On land; land-based.

The Six Writings; the six traditional categories of Chinese characters.

Green trees; trees covered in green foliage.

luk6 syu6 sing4 jam3

綠樹成蔭绿树成荫

To have trees with shade-giving foliage, or to be tree-lined.

Chloric acid (HClO3).