Cantonese words starting with L

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丽星鹩鹛
lai6 sing1 liu4 mei4(bird species of China) spotted elachura (Elachura formosa)
lai6 sing4see 荔城區|荔城区[Li4 cheng2 Qu1]
荔城区
lai6 sing4 keoi1Licheng, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian
例题
lai6 tai4problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom; practi...
例汤
lai6 tong1the soup of the day
荔湾
lai6 waan1see 荔灣區|荔湾区[Li4 wan1 Qu1]
荔湾区
lai6 waan1 keoi1Liwan, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
蛎鹬
lai6 wat6(bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
蛎黄
lai6 wong4the flesh of oyster
例会
lai6 wui2regular meeting
丽质
lai6 zat1beauty
lai6 zi1litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
lai6 zi1 gok3Lai Chi Kok; a neighbourhood in New Kowloon, Hong Kong
lai6 zi1 kwan2edible fungus that grows on lychee trees (Macrolepiota albuminosa)
lai6 zi1 wat6seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
lai6 zi2case; example
励志
lai6 zi3to pursue a goal with determination
丽致
lai6 zi3Ritz (hotel chain)
励志哥
lai6 zi3 go1(coll.) a guy who is admired for having overcome challenges to achieve success
励精图治
lai6 zing1 tou4 zi6put in great efforts to bring a country into prosperity
例证
lai6 zing3example
lak1bamboo roots; thorn on bamboo
lak6(Cantonese); poor or needy
lak6divination by straw; the remainder; part of a place name
lak6to write; rocks splitting along their natural crack marks of perforations; to...
lak6(Cant.) thorn
lak6(bound form) rib
勒毙
lak6 bai6to strangle or throttle to death
lak6 bik1to coerce; to press sb into doing sth
lak6 but6 zi2to throttle
簕窦
lak6 dau3(adjective) difficult get along with; hard to deal with
lak6 fau6old name for Singapore
lak6 gaai3to force sb to give up (a drug); to break drug dependence
肋间肌
lak6 gaan1 gei1intercostal muscle
勒紧
lak6 gan2to tighten
勒紧裤带
lak6 gan2 fu3 daai2to tighten one's belt
勒紧裤头
lak6 gan2 fu3 tau4lit. to tighten one's belt, meaning to reduce unnecessary spending to save mo...
lak6 gwat1rib
勒哈费尔
lak6 haa1 fai3 ji5Le Havre (French town)
仂语
lak6 jyu5phrase (linguistics)
勒勒车
lak6 lak6 ce1wagon (yoked to beast of burden)
lak6 ling6to order
勒马
lak6 maa5to guide a horse with the reins
勒庞
lak6 pong4Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
lak6 saa1Laksa
勒杀
lak6 saat3to strangle
勒实裤头带
lak6 sat6 fu3 tau4 daai2to save money for living
lak6 sei2to strangle
lak6 si1 bo1 si1Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)
勒斯波斯岛
lak6 si1 bo1 si1 dou2Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)

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