Cantonese words starting with L

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pear M: 个gè [个]

yak (Bos grunniens); tail

pattering (of rain); name of a river

to seep through; name of a river

(bound form) used in the names of small mammals

(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); variant of 璃lí [璃], glass

a fence; wattle

bridal veil or kerchief; to bind

happen to; suffer from

(adjective) departed

haze; foggy; to blow sand storm

pure black horse; good horse; name of a hill; black

fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)

離不開离不开

to leave (on a long journey)

to clarify (the facts)

lei4 cing4 bit6 seoi5

離情別緒离情别绪

sad feeling at separation (idiom)

a small weighing scale (for gold, silver, Chinese medicinal materials, etc.); a type of dragonfly

to leave one's post

to collate and stipulate

outlying islands

lei4 dou2 keoi1

離島區离岛区

Islands District of the New Territories, Hong Kong

lei4 fu2 dak1 lok6

離苦得樂离苦得乐

to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)

lei4 gaa1 ceot1 zau2

離家出走离家出走

to leave home (to live somewhere else)

to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)

a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion

lei4 gei1 zi1 lyun6

驪姬之亂骊姬之乱

Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1]

lei4 ging1 bun6 dou6

離經叛道离经叛道

to rebel against orthodoxy

to leave a country

(sad) farewell song

River Li, Guangxi

to leave harbor

lei4 gong2 daai6 teng1

離港大廳离港大厅

departure lounge

detached palace

clutch (in car gearbox)

lei4 hap6 baan2

離合板离合板

離合詞离合词

separable word (in Chinese grammar)

離合器离合器

clutch (mechanics)

to do something haphazardly