Cantonese words starting with L
7,259 entries
lei5 jyu4 kei4
鯉魚旗鲤鱼旗
koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day
lei5 jyu4 tiu3 lung4 mun4
鯉魚跳龍門鲤鱼跳龙门
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)
lei5 jyu5
俚語俚语
slang
lei5 jyu5 ceon1
李宇春
Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
lei5 jyu5 zan1
李汝珍
Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
lei5 jyu6
李豫
Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗[Tai4 zong1] (727-779), reigned 762-779
lei5 jyu6
理喻
to reason with sb
lei5 jyun1
李淵李渊
Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626
lei5 jyun4 hou6
李元昊
Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[Ning2 xia4]
lei5 jyun5 zit3
李遠哲李远哲
Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
lei5 jyun6
理縣理县
Li County or Lixian, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan
lei5 kei4 mung4
里奇蒙
Richmond (place name or surname)
lei5 kit3 jan4
李劼人
Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist
lei5 kut3
李适
Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[De2 Zong1], (742-805), reigned 779-805
lei5 kwai1
理虧理亏
in the wrong
lei5 kwai4
李逵
Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[Shui3 hu3 quan2 zhuan4]
lei5 kwan4
李群
Lie group (math.)
lei5 laai1
里拉
(loanword) lira (currency of Turkey)
lei5 laam4 cing1
李嵐清李岚清
Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician
lei5 lai6 saan1
李麗珊李丽珊
Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
lei5 lam4 fu2
李林甫
Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
lei5 lei4 zi2 din6 ci4
鋰離子電池锂离子电池
lithium ion battery
lei5 leon6
理論理论
(verb) Discuss
lei5 leon6 gaa1
理論家理论家
theorist
lei5 leon6 gei1 co2
理論基礎理论基础
theoretical foundation
lei5 leon6 gung3 hin3
理論貢獻理论贡献
theoretical contribution
lei5 leon6 soeng6
理論上理论上
(adverb) theoretically
lei5 lik6
履歷履历
background (academic and work); résumé
lei5 lik6 biu2
履歷表履历表
curriculum vitae (CV)
lei5 lik6 pin3
履歷片履历片
curriculum vitae (CV)
lei5 lin4 git6
李連杰李连杰
Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
lei5 ling4
李陵
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
lei5 liu4
理療理疗
physiotherapy
lei5 liu4 si1
理療師理疗师
physiotherapist
lei5 long5 wai1
里朗威
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
lei5 lou6
理路
logical thinking
lei5 luk6 jyun4
李綠園李绿园
Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1]
lei5 lung4 gei1
李隆基
personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] (685-762), reigned 712-756
lei5 lung6
里弄
lanes and alleys; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
lei5 man4
李玟
Coco Lee (1975–2023), pop singer, songwriter and actress
lei5 man5 jung5
李敏勇
Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet
lei5 ming4 bok3
李明博
Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
lei5 muk6
李木
blackthorn
lei5 naa4
李娜
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)
lei5 ngaa5 gei1 aa3 tiu4 joek3
里瓦幾亞條約里瓦几亚条约
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
lei5 ngaa5 gok3
理雅各
James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Protestant missionary in Qing China and translator of the Chinese classics into English
lei5 ngaa5 ji5 do1
里瓦爾多里瓦尔多
Rivaldo
lei5 ngong4
李昂
Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗[Wen2 zong1] (809-840), reigned 827-840
lei5 ngong4
里昂
Lyon, French city on the Rhône
lei5 ngou4
李翱
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4]