Cantonese words starting with L
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lau4 baak3 wan1
劉伯溫刘伯温
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1]
lau4 baak6
留白
to leave a message; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)
lau4 baan1
留班
to repeat a year in school
lau4 baan2
樓板楼板
floor
lau4 bai6
流弊
malpractice
lau4 ban1 ngaan6
劉賓雁刘宾雁
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
lau4 bei6
劉備刘备
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
lau4 bei6 hyut3
流鼻血
to bleed from the nose
lau4 bei6 seoi2
流鼻水
nose watering
lau4 bei6 tai3
流鼻涕
to have a runny nose
lau4 bei6 ze3 ging1 zau1
劉備借荊州刘备借荆州
one refuse to return something borrowed
lau4 bin3
流變流变
to flow and change
lau4 bin3 hok6
流變學流变学
rheology
lau4 bin3 nang4 lik6
流變能力流变能力
rheology
lau4 bing1
溜冰
ice skating
lau4 bing1 coeng4
溜冰場溜冰场
ice rink
lau4 bing1 haai4
溜冰鞋
skating shoes; roller skates
lau4 bit6
流別流别
branch (of a river)
lau4 bit6
留別留别
a departing gift; a poem to mark one's departure
lau4 biu2
劉表刘表
Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
lau4 bo3
流播
to circulate
lau4 bong1
劉邦刘邦
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
lau4 bou3
流佈流布
to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
lau4 bou6
留步
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
lau4 bui3
流輩流辈
a contemporary
lau4 caan2
流產流产
to have a miscarriage
lau4 caan2 so2
留產所留产所
maternity home
lau4 cang4
樓層楼层
floor; story (of a building)
lau4 ceot1
流出
to flow out; to issue; to leak
lau4 ci4 jan1
劉慈欣刘慈欣
Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
lau4 cin1 zoeng1
流千張流千张
counterfeit bank notes [colloquial]
lau4 cing1 wan4
劉青雲刘青云
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
lau4 cing4
流程
course; sequence of processes
lau4 cing4
留情
to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to forbear
lau4 cing4 biu2
流程表
flow chart
lau4 cing4 syun1
硫氰酸
thiocyanic acid
lau4 cing4 syun1 jim4
硫氰酸鹽硫氰酸盐
thiocyanate
lau4 cing4 syun1 mui4
硫氰酸酶
rhodanase
lau4 cing4 tou4
流程圖流程图
flow chart
lau4 coeng3
流暢流畅
flowing (of speech, writing); smooth and easy
lau4 coeng4
劉翔刘翔
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
lau4 cuk1
流速
flow speed
lau4 cung4 ling4
劉松齡刘松龄
Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court
lau4 cyun3
流竄流窜
to roam all over the place; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
lau4 cyun3 faan2
流竄犯流窜犯
criminal at large
lau4 cyun4
流傳流传
to spread; to circulate; to hand down
lau4 cyun4
留傳留传
to bequeath (to later generations)
lau4 cyun4
留存
to keep; extant
lau4 cyun4 sau1 jik1
留存收益
retained earnings
lau4 daan2
榴彈榴弹
high explosive shell