Cantonese words starting with L

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Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius

to live in exile

lau4 gim3 fung1

劉劍峰刘剑峰

Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan

lau4 gok3 taap3

樓閣塔楼阁塔

multistory pagoda

lau4 gong1 waa4

劉江華刘江华

Lau Kong-Wah, Secretary for Home Affairs for HKSAR

螻蛄科蝼蛄科

Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera

lau4 gung1 dou2

劉公島刘公岛

Liugong island in the Yellow sea

lau4 gwai3 gam1

劉貴今刘贵今

Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007

lau4 gwong1 dai6

劉光第刘光第

Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

lau4 gwong1 jat6 coi2

(idiom) brilliant lights and vibrant colors

劉涓子刘涓子

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions

lau4 gyun1 zi2 gwai2 wai4 fong1

劉涓子鬼遺方刘涓子鬼遗方

Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼

Liu Xia, a Chinese intellectual, the wife of prisoned 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiao-Bo

(noun) lobby (of building)

to leave behind; to remain; not to let (sb) go

to describe someone who makes a loss when speculating on properties

to ask a guest to stay

to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation

Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝

(noun) 1. trend; (adjective) trendy

lau4 hang4 beng6

epidemic disease

lau4 hang4 beng6 hok6

流行病學流行病学

lau4 hang4 bong2

lau4 hang4 jam1 ngok6

流行音樂流行音乐

lau4 hang4 jyu5

流行語流行语

lau4 hang4 kuk1

lau4 hang4 sing3

qualities that make sth popular or fashionable

lau4 hang4 sing3 gam2 mou6

流行性感冒

lau4 hang4 zyu1

epidemic strain

lau4 hau2 seoi2

(verb) drooling; slobbering (figurative meaning); tasty; yummy; inferior (quality); poor results (usually referring to academic performance)

lau4 hau5 zung2

劉厚總刘厚总

Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]

留後路留后路

to leave oneself a way out

留後手留后手

allow for unforeseen circumstances

Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2]

Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1]

劉曉波刘晓波

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author

variant of 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]

variant of 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]

to study abroad

lau4 hok6 saang1

留學生留学生

student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student

to leave blank space in a document

to spend a lot of money

(TCM) edema; dropsy

to remain in office; to hold on to one's job

benzothiophene (chemistry)