Cantonese words starting with L

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laat6 ziu1 fan2

paprika; chili powder

laat6 ziu1 jau4

capsicol; spicy chili oil

laat6 ziu1 zai2

Tabasco (brand)

laat6 ziu1 zoeng3

辣椒醬辣椒酱

red pepper paste

to provoke [colloquial]

laat6 zoeng3 jau4

辣醬油辣酱油

Worcestershire sauce

girls from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to girls who migrated from the North; this term was used to refer to prostitutes in the past but this is less commonly used in this context nowadays

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

guys from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to guys who migrated from the North

messy; complicated; disorderly

messy; in disarray; complex; troublesome [colloquial]

laau4 bin1 faan6

撈邊瓣捞边瓣

what do you (or he

to dredge up; to scoop up from the water

lit. to dredge for money; to fish for a quick buck

laau4 dou6 cou2

撈稻草捞稻草

(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)

to accomplish a mission; some kind of chicken dish

laau4 jat1 baa2

撈一把捞一把

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

撈唔掂捞唔掂

to struggle to make enough money [colloquial]

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

a foreigner of Cantonese, one who speaks Mandarin but does not understand Cantonese, mostly use against Northern Chinese

laau4 zing6 seoi2

撈靜水捞静水

to gain advantages and benefits from something others neglect and disregard

being able to make it in time

a phrase to strengthen

not being able to make it in time

coming; to come (Cantonese)

see 犂靬Líjiān [犂靬]; to plough

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

black; numerous; dark

dark; blackish-yellow

lai4 baa1 nyun6

see 黎川縣|黎川县[Li2 chuan1 Xian4]

lai4 cyun1 jyun6

黎川縣黎川县

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

a modal particle to strengthen or confirm a statement, mostly when being used after a noun

Han dynasty name for countries in far West

variant of 犁靬[Li2 jian1]

vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)

lai4 haak1 dak6 zai3

Richter scale [written and colloquial]

variant of 黧黑[li2 hei1]

(literary) dark

lai4 jiu6 coeng4

Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung, a Hong Kong actor

loi4} ; to arrive; ever since; for; during; used after a verb to indicate that an action has happened; an interjection; used after a number when listing out points

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

lai4 maan6 gei2 ho4

黎曼幾何黎曼几何

(math.) Riemannian geometry