Cantonese words starting with L
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立陶宛
laap6 tou4 jyun2Lithuania
立陶宛人
laap6 tou4 jyun2 jan4Lithuanian (person)
立威
laap6 wai1authoritarianism; to inspire awe
立委
laap6 wai2(Tw) legislator (abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员[li4 fa3 wei3 yuan2])
立委選舉立委选举
laap6 wai2 syun2 geoi2legislative elections
立雜立杂
laap6 zaap6disorderly; messy; mixed-up; miscellaneous
垃雜嘢垃杂嘢
laap6 zaap6 je5crap stuff; rubbish stuff; junk snacks [colloquial]
蠟質蜡质
laap6 zat1waxiness
立錐之地立锥之地
laap6 zeoi1 zi1 dei6(idiom) someone's situation is destitute; someone has tiny shelter to betake
蠟紙蜡纸
laap6 zi2wax paper
立志
laap6 zi3(verb) To set goal
立即
laap6 zik1(adverb) Now
立正
laap6 zing3to stand straight
立像
laap6 zoeng6standing image (of a Buddha or saint)
蠟像蜡像
laap6 zoeng6a wax statue
蠟像館蜡像馆
laap6 zoeng6 gun2wax museum; waxworks
立足
laap6 zuk1to stand; to be established
蠟燭蜡烛
laap6 zuk1candle
蠟燭不點不亮蜡烛不点不亮
laap6 zuk1 bat1 dim2 bat1 loeng6some people have to be pushed for them to take action
立足點立足点
laap6 zuk1 dim2foothold
蠟燭兩頭燒蜡烛两头烧
laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
立軸立轴
laap6 zuk6vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy)
立傳立传
laap6 zyun6to record sb's achievements in writing
瘌
laat3scabies; severe; dangerous; scar
瘌痢
laat3 lei1an illness: favus on the scalp; head bald from scabies
辣
laat6hot (spicy); peppery; cruel; to make someone angry; to hurt
迾
laat6(Cant.) row
鬎
laat6bald; favus
辣彼
laat6 bei2(loanword) rabbi
辣親辣亲
laat6 can1to be burned or scalded
辣低
laat6 dai1to shoot down [colloquial]
辣根
laat6 gan1horseradish
蝲蛄
laat6 gu1crayfish
辣哈布
laat6 haa1 bou3(Catholicism) Rahab, mother of Boaz
辣興辣兴
laat6 hing3to provoke [colloquial]
辣油
laat6 jau4capsicol; spicy chili oil
辣嘢
laat6 je5 spicy
辣辣哋
laat6 laat6 dei2medium-hot
邋裡邋遢邋里邋遢
laat6 leoi5 laat6 taat3messy; unkempt
辣味
laat6 mei6spicy
辣妹
laat6 mui1Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)
辣妹子
laat6 mui1 zi2sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, ...
辣手
laat6 sau2hot (burning to the touch); difficult; tricky
辣撻辣挞
laat6 taat3dirty; filthy (spoken)
邋遢
laat6 taat3(adjective) dirty
辣撻貓辣挞猫
laat6 taat3 maau1a messy and sloppy person [colloquial]
邋遢貓邋遢猫
laat6 taat3 maau1dirty one (spoken)
辣胡椒
laat6 wu4 ziu1hot pepper
辣汁
laat6 zap1hot sauce
辣子
laat6 zi2cayenne pepper
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