Cantonese words starting with L

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lak6 sok3 zeoi6

Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune

勒維夫勒维夫

Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine

lak6 wai4 naap6 si1

勒維納斯勒维纳斯

Levinas (philosopher)

to coax; to sweet talk; delighted

porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll); slow

冧巴溫冧巴温

number one, the top, first

number (spoken)

sweet or heart-melting song (spoken)

to kill someone

lam1 pung4 tau4

冧篷頭冧篷头

Chinese radical 40, which represents a roof

thinking back (spoken)

a thought (spoken)

brainstorm; come up with a solution or plan (spoken)

thinking again or deeply (spoken)

think it through; understood (spoken)

thinking (spoken)

to repeat a year of study at school [colloquial]

lam3 gung1 tau4

冧宮頭冧宫头

roof (figuratively meaning protection)

an object fallen over

(noun) Chinese surname

to sprinkle; to pour; to filter; to drip; gonorrhea

(adjective) 1. Temporary; 2. Tentative

ancient name for east Roman empire

continued rain; copious rain

(physiology) (loanword) lymph

淋巴結淋巴结

lymph node; lymph gland

lymphatic vessel

lam4 baa1 hai6 tung2

淋巴系統淋巴系统

lymphatic system

lam4 baa1 ngaam4

lymphoma (lay term for 淋巴瘤[lin2 ba1 liu2])

lam4 baa1 sai3 baau1

淋巴細胞淋巴细胞

lymph node; lymph gland

(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)

Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

lam4 bin1 hoeng1

林邊鄉林边乡

Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

just before parting

lam4 bit6 zang6 jin4

臨別贈言临别赠言

words of advice on parting

Lin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution

Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet