Cantonese words starting with L

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

lat1 pei4 lat1 gwat1

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

(v.) to finally end your painful relationship with someone or something, such as a job or a lover; to escape (from something or someone); to get out of an undesirable situation; to get out of trouble.

to swing one's arms

lat1 sau2 deon6 goek3

甩手頓腳甩手顿脚

to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)

lat1 sau2 zoeng2 gwai2

甩手掌櫃甩手掌柜

lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper

a phenomenon where the color is fading; discoloration

lat1 sing2 maa5 lau1

甩繩馬騮甩绳马骝

describes a person (usually a child) who has regained freedom after being restrained and is now acting up; literally 'a monkey whose rope has been untangled '; someone who is unruly or out of control

to slam (a door)

to lose face [written and colloquial]

to fling back one's head

lat1 tau4 faat3

甩頭髮甩头发

falling hair (spoken)

to break off a romantic relationship

to swing one's sleeve (in anger)

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

overcoat; outer garment

(coll.) to grab money

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

to dress very shabbily in rags

betel (piper betle)

used in onomatopoetic expression

樓換樓楼换楼

to exchange one's apartment to for another one (to sell and buy another one) [colloquial]

to want to pick a fight

stammering (in speaking)

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

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

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

to skate; to glide

precious stone; glazed

to leave (a message etc); to stay; to keep; to halt; to detain; to grow; to set aside; to ask someone to stay; to concentrate on

tumor; goiter; swelling

sulfur (chemistry)

Arthemisia vulgaris

used in 逗遛[dou4 liu2]

to distill; distillation

a legendary bay horse with black mane

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

see 留壩縣|留坝县[Liu2 ba4 Xian4]

lau4 baa3 jyun6

留壩縣留坝县

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