Cantonese words starting with L

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lau4 tai4extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit

劉天華刘天华

lau4 tin1 waa4Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer

lau4 toi4(dialect) balcony; (literary) high building; (old) stage for theatrical perfo...

lau4 tong2to flow

lau4 tong4(verb) Put in detention

lau4 tung1to circulate; to distribute

lau4 waa6to leave a message

lau4 wai4to leave behind

劉慧卿刘慧卿

lau4 wai6 hing1Emily Lau, a prominent liberal, government critic and woman politician in Hon...

劉雲山刘云山

lau4 wan4 saan1Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongol...

lau4 wan5musical sound; cadence

lau4 wik6river basin; drainage area

lau4 wong4variant of 硫黃|硫黄[liu2 huang2]

lau4 wong4sulfur

留鬍鬚留胡须

lau4 wu4 sou1(verb) to grow beard

lau4 zam1to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)

lau4 zi2variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5]

lau4 zi2trouble

lau4 zi2pavilion

lau4 zi3to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain; (medicine) indw...

lau4 zik1to keep an official position

lau4 zo6gallery seat (in theater)

lau4 zok3to set aside for; to keep as

lau4 zung2to keep a seed stock

lau4 zyu2original poster (in an online forum)

lau4 zyu3to keep stationed (of troops)

lau4 zyu6to ask sb to stay; to await (classical)

lau4 zyun3to be on the move; to circulate (of goods or capital)

lau5mountain peak

lau5(verb) to twist

lau5willow; name of a constellation; a prison

lau5deep basket made from weaving bamboo ; twigs

lau5skein; lock; wrinkles

lau5 am3 faa1 ming4lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at ...

柳暗花明又一村

lau5 am3 faa1 ming4 jau6 jat1 cyun1there is always light at the end of the tunnel; the darkest hour is that befo...

lau5 ang1(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)

lau5 bak1see 柳北區|柳北区[Liu3 bei3 Qu1]

柳北區柳北区

lau5 bak1 keoi1Liubei, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

lau5 caam3Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

lau5 caang2orange (fruit)

lau5 caang2 zap1orange juice; see also 橙汁[cheng2 zhi1]

lau5 cing1Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer

lau5 ding1orange (fruit) (Tw)

lau5 ding1 on1 seon4albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug

lau5 gei2willow

lau5 gei3the correctional services department; staff of the correctional services depa...

lau5 gong1see 柳江區|柳江区[Liu3 jiang1 Qu1]

柳公權柳公权

lau5 gung1 kyun4Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher

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