Cantonese words starting with L

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lei4 tin1 gaak3 zoeng6 jyun5

離天隔丈遠离天隔丈远

far away; long distance

to suffer (from an illness)

dimples (of a woman)

to suffer a disaster

lei4 wong4 pan5 maau5

驪黃牝牡骊黄牝牡

a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance

lei4 zi2 gaau1 wun6

離子交換离子交换

離子鍵离子键

ionic bond (chemistry)

to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)

chastity of a widow (old usage)

rustic; unrefined; to hide

shoe; to carry on; blessings; a surname; to follow

students; pupils

texture; inner essence; reason; truth; natural science (esp. physics); to pay attention to; to handle; to tidy up; prison official; a surname; to regulate; to repair; to review; to appreciate; orderly

lining; inside; within

li (Chinese mile); home; village; administrative unit; alley; this place; a surname

lei5 aa3 paang4

李亞鵬李亚鹏

Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor

lei5 baak3 joek6

李百藥李百药

Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书

lei5 baak3 jyun4

Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记

Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet

Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan

lei5 bing1 bing1

Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star

李寶嘉李宝嘉

Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记

lei5 buk1 hak1 noi6 sai1

李卜克內西李卜克内西

Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD

Richardson (name)

Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[Yi4 zong1] (833-873), reigned 859-873

Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-846), reigned 840-846

to carry out (a task)

lei5 cing1 ziu3

Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet

mileage (distance traveled)

lei5 cing4 bei1

lei5 cing4 biu2

lei5 cing4 gai3

里程計里程计

speedometer (of a vehicle)

nickname for Sir Ka-shing Li, a business magnate in Hong Kong [colloquial]

Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传

lei5 coeng1 hou6

李昌鎬李昌镐

Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player

lei5 coeng4 ceon1

李長春李长春

Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician

(verb) To give response