Cantonese words starting with L

7,259 entries

林憶蓮林忆莲

Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer

facing execution

forest industry

Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

to take a shower

lam4 jung4 cang4

淋溶層淋溶层

alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)

lam4 jung4 tou2

argosol (soil taxonomy)

to get wet in the rain

get wet in the rain; continuous heavy rain

lam4 jyun1 sin6 jyu4

臨淵羨魚临渊羡鱼

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]

lam4 jyun1 sin6 jyu4 ，bat1 jyu4 teoi3 ji4 git3 mong5

臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)

Lin county in Henan

Lin County or Linxian, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi

臨月兒临月儿

the month childbirth is due

transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden

Chinese pearleaf crabapple; Annona squamosa

lam4 kau4 kwan2

region of forest

see 臨朐縣|临朐县[Lin2 qu2 Xian4]

lam4 keoi4 jyun6

臨朐縣临朐县

Linqu, a county in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong

woods and ravines

to stand in great numbers

see 臨澧縣|临澧县[Lin2 li3 Xian4]

lam4 lai5 jyun6

臨澧縣临澧县

Linli, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan

lam4 lam2 seng1

淋淋聲淋淋声

lam4 lam4 sam2 sam2

淋淋瀋瀋淋淋沈沈

all sorts of; trivial matters

lam4 lam4 zung2 zung2

林林總總林林总总

numerous; wide range; all sorts

林柳鶯林柳莺

(bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)

(bird species of China) tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)

dripping wet; saturated; fluid; extreme

lam4 lei4 zeon6 zi3

淋漓盡致淋漓尽致

lit. extreme saturation (idiom); in great detail; (of a performance) brilliant

lam4 lei4 zeon6 zi3

淋灕盡致淋漓尽致

to express fully; vividly; incisively; thoroughly

lam4 ling5 zoek3

林嶺雀林岭雀

(bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)

lam4 loi4 fung1

林來瘋林来疯

glittering jewels

lam4 long4 mun5 muk6

琳瑯滿目琳琅满目

(idiom) to be a feast for the eyes; to be a cornucopia of delights; to be diverse and abundant

lam4 lou5 hok6 ceoi1 daa2

臨老學吹打临老学吹打

useless to learn anything at an old age (slang)

lam4 lou5 m4 gwo3 dak1 sai3

臨老唔過得世临老唔过得世

to be uanable to spend one's final years of life in comfort [colloquial]

to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)

near the end; towards the end

lam4 mei5 hoeng1

臨尾香临尾香

issues arise close to end or completion (slang)

to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)

see 臨武縣|临武县[Lin2 wu3 Xian4]

lam4 mou5 jyun6

臨武縣临武县

Linwu, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

to arrive home; home-coming

lam4 mun4 jat1 goek3

臨門一腳临门一脚

to try to score (a goal); the final leg of sth

dying (from illness); on one's deathbed