Cantonese words starting with L

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laat6 ziu1hot pepper

laat6 ziu1 fan2paprika; chili powder

laat6 ziu1 jau4capsicol; spicy chili oil

laat6 ziu1 zai2Tabasco (brand)

辣椒醬辣椒酱

laat6 ziu1 zoeng3red pepper paste

laat6 zoek6to provoke [colloquial]

laat6 zoeng3a spicy sauce

辣醬油辣酱油

laat6 zoeng3 jau4Worcestershire sauce

laau1 mui6girls from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to gir...

laau1 sung1the name given to Chinese Northerners from Cantonese people in the South

laau1 zai2guys from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to guys...

laau2 gaau6messy; complicated; disorderly

laau2 gaau6messy; in disarray; complex; troublesome [colloquial]

撈邊瓣捞边瓣

laau4 bin1 faan6what do you (or he

laau4 ceoi2to dredge up; to scoop up from the water

laau4 cin2lit. to dredge for money; to fish for a quick buck

撈稻草捞稻草

laau4 dou6 cou2(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)

laau4 gai1to accomplish a mission; some kind of chicken dish

撈一把捞一把

laau4 jat1 baa2to profiteer

laau4 je5work; a combo such as in a dessert where many items are mixed together

撈唔掂捞唔掂

laau4 m4 dim6to struggle to make enough money [colloquial]

laau4 maai4to combine, to mix; to also work in another field apart from one's own

laau4 sung1a foreigner of Cantonese, one who speaks Mandarin but does not understand Can...

撈靜水捞静水

laau4 zing6 seoi2to gain advantages and benefits from something others neglect and disregard

lai2 dak1 cit3being able to make it in time

lai2 gaa2a phrase to strengthen

lai2 m4 cit3not being able to make it in time

lai4coming; to come (Cantonese)

lai4see 犂靬Líjiān [犂靬]; to plough

lai4chenopodiaceae

lai4name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

lai4black; numerous; dark

lai4dark; blackish-yellow

lai4 baa1 nyun6Lebanon

lai4 cyun1see 黎川縣|黎川县[Li2 chuan1 Xian4]

黎川縣黎川县

lai4 cyun1 jyun6Lichuan, a county in Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi

lai4 dei6to plow

lai4 ge3a modal particle to strengthen or confirm a statement, mostly when being used...

lai4 gin1Han dynasty name for countries in far West

lai4 gin1variant of 犁靬[Li2 jian1]

lai4 gwat1vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)

lai4 haak1 dak6 zai3Richter scale [written and colloquial]

lai4 hak1variant of 黧黑[li2 hei1]

lai4 hak1(literary) dark

lai4 jiu6 coeng4Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung, a Hong Kong actor

lai4 kau1furrow

lai4 / loi4 loi4} ; to arrive; ever since; for; during; used after a verb to indicate th...

lai4 maan6G.F.B. Riemann (1826-1866), German geometer

黎曼幾何黎曼几何

lai4 maan6 gei2 ho4(math.) Riemannian geometry

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