Cantonese words starting with L

7,259 entries

lung4 gwai1 zaam6

龍歸站龙归站

Longgui Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China.

The Dragon King of the Eastern Sea in Chinese mythology.

Keel of a ship, or dragon bones used as a Chinese medicinal herb.

lung4 gwat1 ce1

龍骨車龙骨车

Dragon bone waterwheel; a traditional Chinese wooden irrigation pump.

Tornado; twister.

lung4 gyun2 fung1

龍捲風龙卷风

Tornado or twister; a rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.

Lobster; including both true lobsters and spiny lobsters.

Cage or enclosure for confining animals.

lung4 ham1 sau2 gaam3

龍龕手鑑龙龛手鉴

Longkan Shoujian, a Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries.

lung4 ham1 sau2 geng3

龍龕手鏡龙龛手镜

An alternate name for the Longkan Shoujian, a Liao dynasty Chinese rhyming dictionary.

Longkou, a county-level city in Yantai, Shandong.

lung4 hau2 dyut6 sik6

龍口奪食龙口夺食

To harvest crops hurriedly before the rain comes.

龍口市龙口市

Longkou, a county-level city in Yantai, Shandong.

To swell, bulge, or protrude.

The Rhône, a major river in Switzerland and France.

Longhai, a district in Zhangzhou, Fujian province.

Tarragon; an aromatic herb used in cooking.

To undergo or perform breast enlargement surgery.

lung4 hyut3 syu6

龍血樹龙血树

Dragon tree; any of several plants of the genus Dracaena known for their red sap.

lung4 jam4 fu2 siu3

龍吟虎嘯龙吟虎啸

A loud and powerful sound; the echoing or unison of two closely associated things.

Longyou, a county in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, China.

lung4 jau4 cin2 seoi2, zou1 haa1 hei3

龍游淺水，遭蝦戲龙游浅水，遭虾戏

To lose power or status and find oneself humiliated by those of lesser standing.

lung4 jau4 jyun6

龍遊縣龙游县

Longyou, a county in Quzhou City, Zhejiang

Amateur photography enthusiast.

lung4 jin4 hoeng1

龍涎香龙涎香

Ambergris; a solid, waxy, flammable substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.

lung4 jing4 kyun4

龍形拳龙形拳

Dragon Kung Fu; a traditional southern Chinese martial art style characterized by dragon-like movements.

Longyao, a county in Xingtai, Hebei province.

lung4 jiu4 jyun6

隆堯縣隆尧县

Longyao, a county in Xingtai City, Hebei.

Longyang district of Baoshan city in Yunnan.

Longyang, a village in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai.

Longyang, a place in Shanghai.

lung4 joeng4 gwan1

龍陽君龙阳君

Lord Longyang, a historical figure used as a term for a male homosexual.

lung4 joeng4 haap6

龍羊峽龙羊峡

Longyangxia; a canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province.

lung4 joeng4 keoi1

隆陽區隆阳区

Longyang, a district of Baoshan City in Yunnan Province.

Breast enlargement or breast augmentation surgery.

lung4 jyu5 sau2 seot6

隆乳手術隆乳手术

Breast enlargement surgery; a boob job.

Longci, a district in Tainan, Taiwan.

lung4 keoi1 fung6 co1

龍駒鳳雛龙驹凤雏

Brilliant young man; a young person of outstanding talent.

Deaf, or intellectually and spiritually blind.

lung4 lam4 gok3 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

隆林各族自治縣隆林各族自治县

Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, in Baise City, Guangxi.

lung4 lam4 jyun6

隆林縣隆林县

Longlin county, in Guangxi, China.

Longli, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China.

lung4 lei5 jyun6

龍里縣龙里县

Longli County, a county in Guizhou province.

Sole; flatfish.

Sole; a kind of flat, edible fish.

lung4 lei6 jip6

龍利葉龙利叶

Dragon tongue leaf; Sauropus spatulifolius, a shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae used in traditional Chinese medicine.

lung4 leoi5 gai1 zok3 faan2

籠裏雞作反笼里鸡作反

Infighting, internal rift, or a mutiny within a group; literally: chickens in the coop fighting each other.

Longling; a county in Yunnan province, China.

lung4 ling4 jyun6

龍陵縣龙陵县

Longling, a county in Baoshan, Yunnan.