Cantonese words starting with L

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劉天華刘天华

Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer

(dialect) balcony; (literary) high building; (old) stage for theatrical performance

(verb) Put in detention

to circulate; to distribute

to leave a message

to leave behind

lau4 wai6 hing1

劉慧卿刘慧卿

Emily Lau, a prominent liberal, government critic and woman politician in Hong Kong champions press freedom and human rights

lau4 wan4 saan1

劉雲山刘云山

Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012

musical sound; cadence

river basin; drainage area

variant of 硫黃|硫黄[liu2 huang2]

留鬍鬚留胡须

(verb) to grow beard

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

variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5]

to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain; (medicine) indwelling

to keep an official position

gallery seat (in theater)

to set aside for; to keep as

to keep a seed stock

original poster (in an online forum)

to keep stationed (of troops)

to ask sb to stay; to await (classical)

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

(verb) to twist

willow; name of a constellation; a prison

deep basket made from weaving bamboo ; twigs

skein; lock; wrinkles

lau5 am3 faa1 ming4

lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope

lau5 am3 faa1 ming4 jau6 jat1 cyun1

柳暗花明又一村

there is always light at the end of the tunnel; the darkest hour is that before the dawn; every cloud has a silver lining; there is always other way out [written and colloquial]

(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)

see 柳北區|柳北区[Liu3 bei3 Qu1]

lau5 bak1 keoi1

柳北區柳北区

Liubei, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

lau5 caang2 zap1

orange juice; see also 橙汁[cheng2 zhi1]

Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer

orange (fruit) (Tw)

lau5 ding1 on1 seon4

albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug

the correctional services department; staff of the correctional services department [colloquial]

see 柳江區|柳江区[Liu3 jiang1 Qu1]

lau5 gung1 kyun4

柳公權柳公权

Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher