Cantonese words starting with L

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Hacken Lee, a Hong Kong male singer

lei5 hak1 koeng4

李克強李克强

Li Keqiang (1955–2023), PRC politician, premier 2013–2023

Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗[Su4 zong1] (711-762), reigned 756-762

to fulfill (one's obligations); to implement (an agreement)

Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗[Mu4 Zong1] (795-824), reigned 821-825

李後主李后主

Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet

lei5 hei1 dak6 fok3 fan1

里希特霍芬

Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路

lei5 hei1 fok3 fan1

Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路

(TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qi4]

lei5 hei3 faa3 taam4

理氣化痰理气化痰

(TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qi4] and transform phlegm

lei5 him2 jyu4 ji4

履險如夷履险如夷

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)

lei5 hin2 lung4

李顯龍李显龙

Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004

Li He (790-816), Tang poet

lei5 hoeng1 laan4

李香蘭李香兰

Yoshiko Yamaguchi, a Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer with the stage name of Li Xianglan

李開復李开复

Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009

the Caspian Sea

School of Principle

理學家理学家

scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2]

lei5 hok6 sek6 si6

理學碩士理学硕士

M.Sc. (Master of Science degree)

Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1]

lei5 hung4 zoeng1

李鴻章李鸿章

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗[Xi1 zhong1] (862-888), reigned 873-888

person from the same village, town or province; (of a school of thought etc) follower

reason; justification

Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰[Li3 Ji4 Lan2] or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet

Lille (city in France)

李爾王李尔王

King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

李延壽李延寿

Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史

lei5 jin6 wang4

李彥宏李彦宏

Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4], a PRC Internet company

Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director

should; ought to

lei5 jing1 jyu4

Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists

Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗[Zhao1 zong1] (867-904), reigned 888-904

to keep a promise

lei5 joek3 bou2 zing3 gam1

履約保證金履约保证金

performance bond (international trade)

lei5 joek3 jit6 noi6 lou4

里約熱內盧里约热内卢

lei5 joek3 sat1

李約瑟李约瑟

Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China

lei5 joek6 tung4

Carmen Lee Yeuk-tung, a Hong Kong actress

Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet

lei5 jung4 jyun2

hairdresser and beauty parlor; massage parlor

鯉魚門鲤鱼门

Lei Yue Mun, a fishing village in south-eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong

Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist