Cantonese words starting with L

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lau4 daan2 faat3 se6 hei3

榴彈發射器榴弹发射器

grenade launcher

lau4 daan6 paau3

榴彈炮榴弹炮

see 婁底市|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4]

(noun) the distance from the floor to ceiling in an apartment

婁底市娄底市

Loudi, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]

lau4 dak1 cing1 saan1 zoi6 ，bat1 paa3 mut6 caai4 siu1

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

劉德華刘德华

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

top of a building

to leave sth for later

lau4 doi6 lau4 syun1 naap6

硫代硫酸鈉硫代硫酸钠

sodium hyposulfide

to float; to rove

lau4 dong6 mong4 faan2

to stray and forget to return

the old capital (after a move)

to spread poison

to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid

lau4 dung6 din6 waa2

流動電話流动电话

lau4 dung6 fu6 zaai3

流動負債流动负债

(accounting) current liabilities

lau4 dung6 jan4 hau2

流動人口流动人口

floating population; transient population

lau4 dung6 ji4 tung4

流動兒童流动儿童

children of migrant workers

lau4 dung6 sing3

流動性流动性

flowing; shifting; liquidity (of funds)

lau4 dung6 zi1 caan2

流動資產流动资产

(financial reporting) current assets

lau4 dung6 zi1 gam1

流動資金流动资金

(accounting) working capital; circulating funds

an off plan property; uncompleted property

vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)

lau4 faa3 hing1

硫化氫硫化氢

hydrogen sulfide H2S

Liuhua Lu, the name of a road in Guangdong, China

(verb) keep; Maintain

lau4 faan1 baai3 saan1 sin1 gong2

留番拜山先講留番拜山先讲

let's not talk about that now (to express that one is not interested in a topic or the wish to delay discussing a topic) [colloquial]

see 婁煩縣|娄烦县[Lou2 fan2 Xian4]

lau4 faan4 jyun6

婁煩縣娄烦县

Loufan, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi

to put some food aside for sb; invitation to dinner

lau4 fau4 saan1

Lau Fau Shan, a region in Hong Kong

to leave a good reputation

lau4 fong1 baak3 sai3

(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom)

lau4 fong1 baak3 sai3

a good reputation to last a hundred generations

lau4 fong1 cin1 gu2

a good reputation to last down the generations

to exile; to deport

a building of two or more stories

劉家輝刘家辉

Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor

lau4 gaa1 ling4

劉嘉玲刘嘉玲

Carina Lau, an actress in Hong Kong

lau4 gaa1 loeng4

劉家良刘家良

Lau Kar-Leung, an actor, filmmaker, choregrapher and martial artist in Hong Kong

variant of 鎦金|镏金[liu2 jin1]

gold-plating; gold-plated

劉金寶刘金宝

Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being convicted of embezzlement

lau4 gam2 beng6 duk6

influenza virus; flu virus

lau4 gam2 jik6 miu4

influenza vaccine