Cantonese words starting with L

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laap6 tou4 jyun2

laap6 tou4 jyun2 jan4

Lithuanian (person)

authoritarianism; to inspire awe

(Tw) legislator (abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员[li4 fa3 wei3 yuan2])

laap6 wai2 syun2 geoi2

立委選舉立委选举

legislative elections

disorderly; messy; mixed-up; miscellaneous

laap6 zaap6 je5

垃雜嘢垃杂嘢

crap stuff; rubbish stuff; junk snacks [colloquial]

laap6 zeoi1 zi1 dei6

立錐之地立锥之地

(idiom) someone's situation is destitute; someone has tiny shelter to betake

(verb) To set goal

to stand straight

standing image (of a Buddha or saint)

laap6 zoeng6 gun2

蠟像館蜡像馆

wax museum; waxworks

to stand; to be established

laap6 zuk1 bat1 dim2 bat1 loeng6

蠟燭不點不亮蜡烛不点不亮

some people have to be pushed for them to take action

laap6 zuk1 dim2

立足點立足点

laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1

蠟燭兩頭燒蜡烛两头烧

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy)

to record sb's achievements in writing

scabies; severe; dangerous; scar

an illness: favus on the scalp; head bald from scabies

hot (spicy); peppery; cruel; to make someone angry; to hurt

(loanword) rabbi

to be burned or scalded

to shoot down [colloquial]

laat6 haa1 bou3

(Catholicism) Rahab, mother of Boaz

to provoke [colloquial]

capsicol; spicy chili oil

laat6 laat6 dei2

laat6 leoi5 laat6 taat3

邋裡邋遢邋里邋遢

Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)

sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)

hot (burning to the touch); difficult; tricky

dirty; filthy (spoken)

(adjective) dirty

laat6 taat3 maau1

辣撻貓辣挞猫

a messy and sloppy person [colloquial]

laat6 taat3 maau1

邋遢貓邋遢猫

dirty one (spoken)