Cantonese words starting with L

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离天隔丈远
lei4 tin1 gaak3 zoeng6 jyun5far away; long distance
lei4 waan6to suffer (from an illness)
梨涡
lei4 wo1dimples (of a woman)
罹祸
lei4 wo6to suffer a disaster
骊黄牝牡
lei4 wong4 pan5 maau5a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward ap...
篱垣
lei4 wun4fence
lei4 zi2pear
lei4 zi2leopard cat
离子
lei4 zi2ion
离子交换
lei4 zi2 gaau1 wun6ion exchange
离子键
lei4 zi2 gin6ionic bond (chemistry)
lei4 zi6come from
离职
lei4 zik1to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
嫠节
lei4 zit3chastity of a widow (old usage)
lei5rustic; unrefined; to hide
lei5you (female)
lei5shoe; to carry on; blessings; a surname; to follow
lei5students; pupils
lei5texture; inner essence; reason; truth; natural science (esp. physics); to pay...
lei5lining
lei5lining; inside; within
lei5winding
lei5li (Chinese mile); home; village; administrative unit; alley; this place; a s...
lei5carp
李亚鹏
lei5 aa3 paang4Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor
李百药
lei5 baak3 joek6Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History o...
lei5 baak3 jyun4Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist an...
lei5 baak6Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
便里便
lei5 bin6inside
里边
lei5 bin6Inside
lei5 bing1Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江...
lei5 bing1 bing1Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
李宝嘉
lei5 bou2 gaa1Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and so...
西李卜克内西
lei5 buk1 hak1 noi6 sai1Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the...
lei5 caa4(name) Richard
lei5 caa4 dak1Richard (name)
lei5 caa4 sam1Richardson (name)
lei5 ceoi2Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[Yi4 zong1] (833-87...
lei5 cin4Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-84...
履践
lei5 cin5to carry out (a task)
lei5 cing1 ziu3Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
lei5 cing4mileage (distance traveled)
lei5 cing4 bei1milestone
lei5 cing4 biu2odometer
里程计
lei5 cing4 gai3speedometer (of a vehicle)
lei5 ciu1 jan4nickname for Sir Ka-shing Li, a business magnate in Hong Kong [colloquial]
lei5 ciu4 wai1Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳...
李昌镐
lei5 coeng1 hou6Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player
李长春
lei5 coeng4 ceon1Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
lei5 coi2(verb) To give response

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