Cantonese words starting with L
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lau4 seoi2 bat1 fu6
流水不腐
flowing water does not rot
lau4 seoi2 bat1 fu6 ，wu6 syu1 bat1 dou3
流水不腐，戶樞不蠹流水不腐，户枢不蠹
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
lau4 seoi2 sin3
流水線流水线
an assembly line; a pipeline
lau4 seoi2 zik6
流水席
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
lau4 seoi2 zoeng3
流水帳流水帐
variant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4]
lau4 seoi2 zoeng3
流水賬流水账
day-to-day account
lau4 si1 pui4
劉師培刘师培
Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist
lau4 si5
樓市楼市
real estate market
lau4 sik1
劉奭刘奭
Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4]
lau4 sim4
劉禪刘禅
Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
lau4 sin3 daan2
榴霰彈榴霰弹
shrapnel shell; also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4]
lau4 sin3 jing4
流線型流线型
sleek
lau4 sing1
婁星娄星
see 婁星區|娄星区[Lou2 xing1 Qu1]
lau4 sing1
流星
meteor; shooting star
lau4 sing1 gei1
留聲機留声机
gramophone
lau4 sing1 gon2 jyut6
流星趕月流星赶月
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
lau4 sing1 jyu5
流星雨
meteor shower
lau4 sing1 keoi1
婁星區娄星区
Louxing, a district of Loudi City 婁底市|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4], Hunan
lau4 sing1 tai2
流星體流星体
meteoroid
lau4 sing4
留成
to retain a portion (of profits etc)
lau4 siu2 wai6
劉小慧刘小慧
Winnie Lau, a singer in Hong Kong
lau4 siu3 kei4
劉少奇刘少奇
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
lau4 soeng1
樓廂楼厢
loft
lau4 soeng6
樓上楼上
the floor above
lau4 sou1
流蘇流苏
tassels
lau4 sou1
留鬚留须
(verb) to grow beard
lau4 sou1 wat6
流蘇鷸流苏鹬
(bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)
lau4 suk1
留宿
to put up a guest
lau4 sung3
劉宋刘宋
Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
lau4 sung3 si4 doi6
劉宋時代刘宋时代
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
lau4 syun1
硫酸
sulfuric acid H2SO4
lau4 syun1 bui3
硫酸鋇硫酸钡
barium sulfate
lau4 syun1 gaap3
硫酸鉀硫酸钾
potassium sulfate
lau4 syun1 jim4
硫酸鹽硫酸盐
sulfate
lau4 syun1 koi3
硫酸鈣硫酸钙
calcium sulfate
lau4 syun1 leoi5
硫酸鋁硫酸铝
aluminum sulfate
lau4 syun1 mei5
硫酸鎂硫酸镁
magnesium sulfate
lau4 syun1 naap6
硫酸鈉硫酸钠
sodium sulfate
lau4 syun1 on1
硫酸銨硫酸铵
ammonium sulfate
lau4 syun1 tit3
硫酸鐵硫酸铁
ferrous sulfate
lau4 syun1 tung4
硫酸銅硫酸铜
copper sulfate CuSO4
lau4 syun4
樓船楼船
ship with several decks
lau4 tai1
樓梯楼梯
stair; CL:個|个[ge4]
lau4 tai1 gaan1
樓梯間楼梯间
staircase
lau4 tai1 hau2
樓梯口楼梯口
head of a flight of stairs
lau4 tai1 toi4
樓梯臺楼梯台
staircase balcony
lau4 tai2
流體流体
fluid
lau4 tai2 dung6 lik6 hok6
流體動力學流体动力学
fluid dynamics
lau4 tai2 hat6 si3 jim6
流體核試驗流体核试验
hydronuclear explosion (HNE)
lau4 tai2 lik6 hok6
流體力學流体力学
fluid mechanics