Cantonese words starting with L

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leoi4 seon4 bat1 deoi3 maa5 zeoi2

驢唇不對馬嘴驴唇不对马嘴

Incongruous, irrelevant, or completely off the mark; matching two things that do not fit together.

Lace; a decorative, openwork woven fabric made by looping, twisting, or knitting.

蕾絲邊蕾丝边

leoi4 si1 faa1 bin1

蕾絲花邊蕾丝花边

Lace; a lace border or trim.

leoi4 si1 ling4

Riesling; a white grape variety used for making wine.

leoi4 sing1 daai6 ，jyu5 dim2 siu2

雷聲大，雨點小雷声大，雨点小

Loud thunder but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk or noise but very little action or results.

Sound of thunder; a powerful force or sudden, violent rage.

leoi4 ting4 maan6 gwan1

雷霆萬鈞雷霆万钧

As powerful as a thunderbolt; possessing irresistible force.

leoi4 ting4 sou3 duk6

雷霆掃毒雷霆扫毒

Highs and Lows; a Hong Kong television crime drama series.

An elevated stage or arena for martial arts competitions or duels; a prize ring.

leoi4 toi4 coi3

擂臺賽擂台赛

A single-elimination open tournament where the winner stays on to face the next challenger.

Identical; highly similar or resembling.

leoi4 zaat3 je4 wu4

Lake Urmia, a major salt lake in northwest Iran.

A young donkey; a foal.

leoi4 zan6 jyu5

雷陣雨雷阵雨

Leizhou; a county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province.

leoi4 zau1 bun3 dou2

雷州半島雷州半岛

Leizhou Peninsula; a peninsula in Guangdong province, China.

Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong.

Companion, partner, or associate.

Puppet or dummy; also meaning to injure or damage.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Lui in Hong Kong.

Repeatedly; frequently; many times.

To travel; a trip or journey.

An ancient river in northern China.

Open and honest, or bumpy, uneven, and heaped.

Strand, thread, or wisp; also used as a classifier for wisps of smoke or locks of hair.

Backbone; spine.

Aluminium; the chemical element with atomic number 13 and symbol Al.

leoi5 baai6 leoi5 zin3

屢敗屢戰屡败屡战

To keep on fighting despite continual setbacks; to persevere through failures.

leoi5 bat1 wai5

呂不韋吕不韦

Lü Buwei, a merchant and politician of the State of Qin who became the Chancellor of the Qin Dynasty.

Inside; within; inner side.

裡邊兒里边儿

Inside; in; within.

Inside; the interior.

鋁箔紙铝箔纸

Lü Bu (died 199), a prominent general and warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty.

leoi5 bou3 gik1

呂布戟吕布戟

Snake halberd; the legendary weapon of Lu Bu.

leoi5 bui3 hak1

呂貝克吕贝克

Lübeck, a city in Germany.

To build a structure by layering bricks or stones.

leoi5 ceot1 kwong4 jin4

屢出狂言屡出狂言

To repeatedly make wild, arrogant, or outrageous statements.

leoi5 ceot1 ngoi6 zeon3

裡出外進里出外进

Uneven, untidy, or messy, with things sticking out in all directions.

Repeatedly; time and again; many times.

A journey, trip, or the route of a journey.

leoi5 cing4 biu2

Itinerary; a travel schedule or route map.

Continuous tracks or caterpillar tracks on heavy vehicles, used to prevent sinking into mud.

Inner tube of a tire.

Lüshun port and Dalian city in Liaoning Province.

leoi5 daai6 si5

Lüda; former name of Dalian city, incorporating Lüshun.

leoi5 daai6 zou1 dei6 tiu4 joek3

旅大租地條約旅大租地条约

The unequal treaty of 1898 in which the Qing dynasty leased Lüshun (Port Arthur) and Dalian to Russia.