Cantonese words starting with L

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A derogatory term for a worthless, incompetent, or immoral person; a scum or loser.

To pretend to be; to act pretentiously as if one is.

To pretend to be; to affect or pretentiously consider oneself as.

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讕大方谰大方

To pretend to be generous or magnanimous.

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懶得戚懒得戚

Arrogant, smug, or overly self-confident.

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讕得敕谰得敕

To act smugly, arrogantly, or with a swelled head.

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讕闊佬谰阔佬

To pretend to be rich or generous; to flaunt one's wealth.

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讕客氣谰客气

To fake courtesy; to pretend to be polite.

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讕殷勤谰殷勤

To pretend to be diligent, attentive, or hardworking on purpose.

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懶幽默懒幽默

To try to be funny or make an unsuccessful attempt at humor.

To pretend to be smart or capable; to show off and overestimate one's own abilities.

讕惡爺谰恶爷

To act bossy, domineering, and conceited.

To pretend to be smart; to show off intelligence or expertise that one does not actually possess.

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讕熟落谰熟落

To pretend to be familiar or well-acquainted with someone.

To show off, boast, or flaunt oneself.

To act cocky, arrogant, or show off in a pretentious way.

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讕在行谰在行

To pretend to be an expert; to pose as a professional.

To bar, block, or obstruct people or things from moving forward.

A fence, railing, or barrier used to separate areas or block passage.

Big wave; billow.

Orchid; a very common flowering plant widely distributed worldwide.

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讕得戚谰得戚

To act smug, think highly of oneself, or show off in a cocky manner.

Orchid; a flower of the Orchidaceae family.

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讕架勢谰架势

To put on airs, show off, or act and think powerful.

Railing, fence, or banister used for safety and decoration along edges of structures, bridges, or roads.

Railing; banister; balustrade.

laan4 gwai3 fong1

蘭桂坊兰桂坊

Lan Kwai Fong, a famous nightlife and dining district in Central, Hong Kong.

To block off a river, usually with a dam.

Railing, balustrade, banister, or fence made of wood, bamboo, or metal.

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蘭開夏道兰开夏道

Lancashire Road, a street in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

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讕有寶谰有宝

To act as if one possesses something extremely precious, or to think too highly of oneself.

Soggy, mushy, or overcooked.

Appendix; the vermiform or caecal appendix in the digestive system.

laan4 mei5 jim4

闌尾炎阑尾炎

Appendicitis; acute inflammation of the appendix, more anatomically accurate than the common term blind gut inflammation.

To pretend to be smart; to act like a know-it-all.

Lanting, the Orchid Pavilion; a historic gathering place for poets in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China.

A column or section in a newspaper, magazine, or other printed media classified by content.

Lanzhou; the capital city of Gansu province in northwestern China.

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讕正經谰正经

To pretend to be serious, decent, or upright

To intercept, obstruct, or block something in progress.

Lazybones; an extremely lazy person.

To not feel like doing something; to not bother to make the effort.

Lazy, indolent, or averse to work.

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懶到出汁懒到出汁

Extremely lazy.

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懶瞓豬懒瞓猪

A sleepyhead; someone who loves to sleep.

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懶風騷懒风骚

Cocky; putting on an arrogant or smug air to show off.

A very lazy person; a lazybones.

Lazy pronunciation; the omission or simplification of sounds in speech to save effort or speak faster.

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懶人多屎尿懒人多屎尿

An expression describing a lazy person who frequently makes up excuses or uses toilet breaks to slack off.

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懶有寶懒有宝

To act as if one is extra special or has a high opinion of oneself.