Cantonese words starting with L

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利欲
lei6 juk6cupidity
利欲熏心
lei6 juk6 fan1 sam1blinded by greed (idiom)
利欲心
lei6 juk6 sam1cupidity
lei6 jung6to exploit; to use; to utilize
利于
lei6 jyu1to be beneficial to; to be conducive to
利权
lei6 kyun4economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)
利勒哈默尔
lei6 lak6 haa1 mak6 ji5Lillehammer (city in Norway)
莅临
lei6 lam4to arrive (esp. of notable person)
莅临指导
lei6 lam4 zi2 dou6(of a notable person etc) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance (id...
lei6 lei6 sei3 sap6seconal (quinalbartitone, a type of depressant) [colloquial]
lei6 lei6 si6 si6good luck, good wishes to hope that someone will go on with everything smooth...
lei6 leot2interest rate
lei6 ling6 zi3 fan1to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
lei6 lok6variant of 利落[li4 luo5]
lei6 lok6agile; all settled
利乐包
lei6 lok6 baau1carton (e.g. for milk or juice)
祿利禄
lei6 luk6wealth and official post
lei6 lung4 gwai1Lilongwe, capital of Malawi
利马
lei6 maa5Lima, capital of Peru
利玛窦
lei6 maa5 dau6Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
利马窦
lei6 maa5 dau6Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
利马索尔
lei6 maa5 sok3 ji5Limassol, Cyprus
詈骂
lei6 maa6(literary) to scold
lei6 mak6 lei5 hak1Limerick, Ireland
lei6 mat6 pou2Liverpool (England)
利未记
lei6 mei6 gei3Book of Leviticus
利眠宁
lei6 min4 ning4chlordiazepoxide
利纳克斯
lei6 naap6 hak1 si1Linux (operating systems)
lei6 ngaa5 dak1Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
lei6 ngaa5 dak1Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia (Tw)
尿
lei6 niu6to promote urination
尿利尿剂
lei6 niu6 zai1diuretic
lei6 sam6 maan6 beng6leishmaniasis (medicine)
lei6 san1see 利辛縣|利辛县[Li4 xin1 Xian4]
利辛县
lei6 san1 jyun6Lixin, a county in Bozhou City 亳州市[Bo2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
lei6 sau2dominant hand
lei6 seoi1minor official
lei6 si5(noun) good luck
lei6 si6(Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1]
lei6 si6(noun) Red pocket money (which put in red envelopes and given to unmarried pe...
lei6 si6 fung1a red envelope with money inside, given by an elder to a younger person (a tr...
莅事者
lei6 si6 ze2local administrative official (in imperial China)
lei6 sik1interest (on a loan)
lei6 sik1 leot2interest rate
lei6 sok3nimble
离索
lei6 sok3(literary) desolate and lonely
lei6 taa1to benefit others
利他行为
lei6 taa1 hang4 wai4altruistic behavior
lei6 taa1 lam4Ritalin (brand name)
利他灵
lei6 taa1 ling4Ritalin (brand name); also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2]

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