Cantonese words starting with L
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漏脯充飢漏脯充饥
lau6 fu2 cung1 gei1lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom)
漏風漏风
lau6 fung1to leak out; leakage
漏雞漏鸡
lau6 gai1missed; left out; a missed opportunity
遛狗
lau6 gau2to walk a dog
陋居
lau6 geoi1The Burrow (Harry Potter)
溜肩膀
lau6 gin1 bong2sloping shoulders; work-shy
溜光
lau6 gwong1with nothing left; to be bare; to be very smooth; sleek
鏤刻镂刻
lau6 hak1to carve
漏口
lau6 hau2to stammer [colloquial]
漏口風漏口风
lau6 hau2 fung1one's word exposing secrets (spoken)
漏氣漏气
lau6 hei3slow and sluggish (personality)(Cantonese)
溜旱冰
lau6 hon5 bing1roller blading (sport)
溜號溜号
lau6 hou6(coll.) to slink off
鏤空镂空
lau6 hung1openwork
漏油
lau6 jau4oil spill; oil leak
漏夜
lau6 je6(verb) overnight
溜圓溜圆
lau6 jyun4perfectly round
陋規陋规
lau6 kwai1objectionable practices
漏罅
lau6 laa3a crack or a leak; a loophole; a flaw
溜溜球
lau6 lau6 kau4yo-yo (loanword)
漏網漏网
lau6 mong5to slip through the net
漏網之魚漏网之鱼
lau6 mong5 zi1 jyu4lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
溜舐
lau6 saai5to flatter obsequiously
兇神惡煞凶神恶煞
lau6 san4 ok3 saat3to look fierce and intimidating [written and colloquial]
陋室
lau6 sat1a simple
漏水
lau6 seoi2(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
漏水轉渾天儀漏水转浑天仪
lau6 seoi2 zyun2 wan4 tin1 ji4water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
漏稅漏税
lau6 seoi3tax evasion
漏洩漏泄
lau6 sit3a leak (e.g. of chemicals)
漏洩天機漏泄天机
lau6 sit3 tin1 gei1to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
溜鬚拍馬溜须拍马
lau6 sou1 paak3 maa5to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get wh...
陋屋
lau6 uk1humble dwelling
遛彎遛弯
lau6 waan1(dialect) to take a walk
遛彎兒遛弯儿
lau6 waan1 ji4erhua variant of 遛彎|遛弯[liu4 wan1]
漏鍋漏锅
lau6 wo1colander; sieve
漏壺漏壶
lau6 wu2water clock
陋習陋习
lau6 zaap6corrupt practice; malpractice
鎦子镏子
lau6 zi2(dialect) finger ring
陋俗
lau6 zuk6undesirable
咧
le1weeping
哩
le1(modal final particle similar to 呢ne [呢] or 啦la [啦])
唎
le3(final particle); noise
咧啡
le3 fe1sloppy; shaggy (spoken)
咧咧
le4 le4(dialect) to cry; to whimper
褦
le5ignorant; stupid; doltish; to bind
褦襶
le5 fei2thoughtless; stupid and dull; a summer hat
喱
lei1grain weight
鬁
lei1bald; favus
喱埋
lei1 maai4to hide [colloquial]
釐埋厘埋
lei1 maai4to hide oneself ; to keep oneself to oneself [colloquial]
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