Cantonese words starting with L

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to flow into; inflow

to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)

lau4 jau5 jyu4 dei6

留有餘地留有余地

to leave some leeway

poor quality products

to be hospitalized

(verb) 1. To mind; 2. Be caution

劉以達刘以达

Tats Lau, a singer-songwriter and actor in Hong Kong

劉義慶刘义庆

Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]

rumor; to spread rumors

to leave a message; to leave one's comments

lau4 jin4 fei1 jyu5

流言蜚語流言蜚语

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip

to take a photo as a souvenir

exile (as a form of punishment)

manifold (math.)

Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)

see 瀏陽市|浏阳市[Liu2 yang2 Shi4]

(old) to study abroad

lau4 joeng4 si5

瀏陽市浏阳市

Liuyang, a county-level city in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan

to keep for use; to keep sb in his job

to change (for the worse)

lau4 jyu1 jing4 sik1

流於形式流于形式

to become a mere formality

留餘地留余地

to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error

劉禹錫刘禹锡

Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet

Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]

Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304–347)

Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu

to repeat a year in school

to set aside for

variant of 琉球[Liu2 qiu2], Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan

Ryūkyū; Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

Luzon, island of the Philippines

lau4 kau4 go1 keoi4

琉球歌鴝琉球歌鸲

(bird species of China) Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori)

lau4 kau4 gok3 hiu1

琉球角鴞琉球角鸮

(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)

lau4 kau4 gwok3

琉球國琉球国

Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)

lau4 kau4 hoeng1

琉球鄉琉球乡

Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

lau4 kau4 kwan4 dou2

流球群島流球群岛

the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)

lau4 kau4 kwan4 dou2

琉球群島琉球群岛

lau4 kau4 wong4 gwok3

琉球王國琉球王国

Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)

(verb) Surf (the Net)

lau4 laam5 hei3

瀏覽器浏览器

browser (software)