Cantonese words starting with L

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漏脯充饥
lau6 fu2 cung1 gei1lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom)
漏风
lau6 fung1to leak out; leakage
漏鸡
lau6 gai1missed; left out; a missed opportunity
lau6 gau2to walk a dog
lau6 geoi1The Burrow (Harry Potter)
lau6 gin1 bong2sloping shoulders; work-shy
lau6 gwong1with nothing left; to be bare; to be very smooth; sleek
镂刻
lau6 hak1to carve
lau6 hau2to stammer [colloquial]
漏口风
lau6 hau2 fung1one's word exposing secrets (spoken)
漏气
lau6 hei3slow and sluggish (personality)(Cantonese)
lau6 hon5 bing1roller blading (sport)
溜号
lau6 hou6(coll.) to slink off
镂空
lau6 hung1openwork
lau6 jau4oil spill; oil leak
lau6 je6(verb) overnight
溜圆
lau6 jyun4perfectly round
陋规
lau6 kwai1objectionable practices
lau6 laa3a crack or a leak; a loophole; a flaw
lau6 lau6 kau4yo-yo (loanword)
漏网
lau6 mong5to slip through the net
漏网之鱼
lau6 mong5 zi1 jyu4lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
lau6 saai5to flatter obsequiously
凶神恶煞
lau6 san4 ok3 saat3to look fierce and intimidating [written and colloquial]
lau6 sat1a simple
lau6 seoi2(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
漏水转浑天仪
lau6 seoi2 zyun2 wan4 tin1 ji4water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
漏税
lau6 seoi3tax evasion
漏泄
lau6 sit3a leak (e.g. of chemicals)
漏泄天机
lau6 sit3 tin1 gei1to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
溜须拍马
lau6 sou1 paak3 maa5to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get wh...
lau6 uk1humble dwelling
遛弯
lau6 waan1(dialect) to take a walk
遛弯儿
lau6 waan1 ji4erhua variant of 遛彎|遛弯[liu4 wan1]
漏锅
lau6 wo1colander; sieve
漏壶
lau6 wu2water clock
陋习
lau6 zaap6corrupt practice; malpractice
镏子
lau6 zi2(dialect) finger ring
lau6 zuk6undesirable
le1weeping
le1(modal final particle similar to 呢ne [呢] or 啦la [啦])
le3(final particle); noise
le3 fe1sloppy; shaggy (spoken)
le4 le4(dialect) to cry; to whimper
le5ignorant; stupid; doltish; to bind
le5 fei2thoughtless; stupid and dull; a summer hat
lei1grain weight
lei1bald; favus
lei1 maai4to hide [colloquial]
厘埋
lei1 maai4to hide oneself ; to keep oneself to oneself [colloquial]

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