Cantonese words starting with L

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lat1 pei4to shed one's skin; to strip [colloquial]

lat1 pei4 lat1 gwat1to be in a bad shape; to have fallen apart; to have fallen into pieces

lat1 san1(v.) to finally end your painful relationship with someone or something, such...

lat1 sau2to swing one's arms

甩手頓腳甩手顿脚

lat1 sau2 deon6 goek3to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)

甩手掌櫃甩手掌柜

lat1 sau2 zoeng2 gwai2lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper

lat1 sik1a phenomenon where the color is fading; discoloration

甩繩馬騮甩绳马骝

lat1 sing2 maa5 lau1describes a person (usually a child) who has regained freedom after being res...

lat1 soeng5to slam (a door)

lat1 sou1to lose face [written and colloquial]

lat1 tau4to fling back one's head

甩頭髮甩头发

lat1 tau4 faat3falling hair (spoken)

lat1 to1to break off a romantic relationship

lat1 zau6 zi2to swing one's sleeve (in anger)

lat1 zeoi2(verb) to make lip sync mistakes; (noun) lip sync fails

lau1to glance at

lau1overcoat; outer garment

lau1 cin2(coll.) to grab money

lau1 jau1to not care and be neglectful of one's appearance; to be slovenly

lau1 jau1to dress very shabbily in rags

lau1 jip6betel (piper betle)

lau1 mei1in the end

lau2used in onomatopoetic expression

樓換樓楼换楼

lau2 wun6 lau2to exchange one's apartment to for another one (to sell and buy another one) ...

lau3 daa2to want to pick a fight

lau3 hau2stammering (in speaking)

lau4surname Liu

lau4surname Lou; constellations in Chinese astronomy; hollow; to converge

lau4pomegranate

lau4house with more than 1 story; floor M: 层céng [层] ; 栋dòng [栋]; apartment

lau4(slang) 1. fake; 2. inferior 3. Phoney

lau4to skate; to glide

lau4clear; swift

lau4precious stone; glazed

lau4to leave (a message etc); to stay; to keep; to halt; to detain; to grow; to s...

lau4tumor; goiter; swelling

lau4sulfur (chemistry)

lau4Arthemisia vulgaris

lau4used in 逗遛[dou4 liu2]

lau4to distill; distillation

lau4a legendary bay horse with black mane

lau4 aap3(bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

lau4 baa3see 留壩縣|留坝县[Liu2 ba4 Xian4]

留壩縣留坝县

lau4 baa3 jyun6Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi

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