Cantonese words starting with L

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to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)

lam4 gap1 lam4 mong4

臨急臨忙临急临忙

hurrying last-minute (spoken)

lam4 gap1 pou5 fat6 goek3

臨急抱佛腳临急抱佛脚

to describe the attitude of doing thing(s) at the very last minute; to cram for an immient situation that one should have been prepared for

(n.) an extra (acting), someone who has a very small part in a film or a show, usually to act as someone in the background

see 臨江市|临江市[Lin2 jiang1 Shi4]

臨江市临江市

Linjiang, a county-level city in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin

Lingao County, Hainan

lam4 gou1 jyun6

臨高縣临高县

Lingao County, Hainan

see 臨桂區|临桂区[Lin2 gui4 Qu1]

林過雲林过云

Lam Kor-wan, a well-known serial killer in Hong Kong

see 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 臨夏縣|临夏县[Lin2 xia4 Xian4]

lam4 haa6 jyun6

臨夏縣临夏县

Linxia, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

臨夏市临夏市

Linxia, a county-level city in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

lam4 haa6 wui4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 zau1

臨夏回族自治州临夏回族自治州

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

臨夏州临夏州

see 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]

lam4 hak1 ping4 daai6 hok6

林克平大學林克平大学

Linköping University, Sweden

Lincoln (name); Lincoln, US car make

lam4 hang2 gwan6

Lincolnshire (English county)

to go in person (of emperor)

see 林口縣|林口县[Lin2 kou3 Xian4]

lam4 hau2 hoeng1

林口鄉林口乡

Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

lam4 hau2 jyun6

林口縣林口县

Linkou, a county in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

林曉培林晓培

Shino Lin, a Taiwanese female singer

see 臨河區|临河区[Lin2 he2 Qu1]

臨河區临河区

Linhe, a district of Bayannur City 巴彥淖爾市|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

lam4 ho4 sin6 jyu4

臨河羨魚临河羡鱼

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

(adjective) coastal

see 臨海市|临海市[Lin2 hai3 Shi4]

lam4 hoi2 fung1

Jan Lamb Hoi Fong, a DJ, singer and actor in Hong Kong

lam4 hoi2 jyun6

臨海縣临海县

Linhai county in east Zhejiang

lam4 hoi2 seoi2 tou2 zi3

臨海水土誌临海水土志

Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹

臨海市临海市

Linhai, a county-level city in Taizhou City 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang

lam4 hot3 cyun1 zeng2

臨渴穿井临渴穿井

lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision

lam4 hot3 gwat6 zeng2

臨渴掘井临渴掘井

lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty

lam4 jam1 daai6 dou6

林陰大道林阴大道

boulevard; CL:條|条[tiao2]

林陰道林阴道

see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]

林陰路林阴路

see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]

lam4 jam3 daai6 dou6

林蔭大道林荫大道

variant of 林陰大道|林阴大道[lin2 yin1 da4 dao4]

林蔭道林荫道

boulevard; avenue

林蔭路林荫路

see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin1 dao4]

see 臨邑縣|临邑县[Lin2 yi4 Xian4]

lam4 jap1 jyun6

臨邑縣临邑县

Linyi, a county in Dezhou City 德州市[De2 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong

林夜鷹林夜鹰

(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)

see 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2 yi1 Xian4]

臨猗縣临猗县

Linyi, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi

Ariel Lin Yi Chen, a Taiwanese actress and singer

see 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4]

臨沂市临沂市

Linyi, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]