Cantonese words starting with L

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驢唇不對馬嘴驴唇不对马嘴

leoi4 seon4 bat1 deoi3 maa5 zeoi2lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying)

leoi4 si1(textiles) (loanword) lace

蕾絲邊蕾丝边

leoi4 si1 bin1(slang) (loanword) lesbian

蕾絲花邊蕾丝花边

leoi4 si1 faa1 bin1lace border (loanword)

leoi4 si1 ling4Riesling (grape type)

雷聲大，雨點小雷声大，雨点小

leoi4 sing1 daai6 ，jyu5 dim2 siu2lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom)

leoi4 ting4sound of thunder

雷霆萬鈞雷霆万钧

leoi4 ting4 maan6 gwan1as powerful as a thunderbolt; an irresistible force; a crushing blow

雷霆掃毒雷霆扫毒

leoi4 ting4 sou3 duk6Highs and Lows, a Hong Kong television crime drama series

leoi4 toi4elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; ring

擂臺賽擂台赛

leoi4 toi4 coi3single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself d...

leoi4 tung4mirroring others

leoi4 zaat3 je4 wu4Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake

leoi4 zai2mule; one who works just for survival (spoken)

雷陣雨雷阵雨

leoi4 zan6 jyu5thundershower

leoi4 zau1see 雷州市[Lei2 zhou1 Shi4]

雷州半島雷州半岛

leoi4 zau1 bun3 dou2Leizhou Peninsula

leoi4 zau1 si5Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong

leoi5to injure; dummy

leoi5pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional ton...

leoi5time and again; frequently

leoi5trip; to travel; a surname

leoi5name of a river

leoi5lumpy; uneven; open and honest; heaped; many and jumbled

leoi5strand; detailed; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, lo...

leoi5aluminum (chemistry)

屢敗屢戰屡败屡战

leoi5 baai6 leoi5 zin3to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)

呂不韋吕不韦

leoi5 bat1 wai5Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin...

leoi5 bin1inside

裡邊兒里边儿

leoi5 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 裡邊|里边[li3 bian5]

leoi5 bin6inside (spoken)

leoi5 bok6aluminum foil

鋁箔紙铝箔纸

leoi5 bok6 zi2aluminum foil

leoi5 bou3Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord

呂布戟吕布戟

leoi5 bou3 gik1snake halberd

呂貝克吕贝克

leoi5 bui3 hak1Lübeck, Germany

leoi5 cai3to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones

屢出狂言屡出狂言

leoi5 ceot1 kwong4 jin4repeated gaffes

裡出外進里出外进

leoi5 ceot1 ngoi6 zeon3uneven; everything sticking out

leoi5 ci3repeatedly

leoi5 cing4journey

leoi5 cing4 biu2itinerary

leoi5 daai2caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc)

leoi5 daai2inner tube (of tire)

leoi5 daai6Lüshun 旅順|旅顺[Lu:3 shun4] port and Dalian city 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning Prov...

leoi5 daai6 si5former name of Dalian city 大連|大连[Da4 lian2] incorporating Lüshun 旅順|旅顺[Lu:3 s...

旅大租地條約旅大租地条约

leoi5 daai6 zou1 dei6 tiu4 joek3unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Po...

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