Cantonese words starting with L

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To swing one's arms or a heavy object, or to spend money lavishly.

To deteriorate, fall, or be reduced to a worse or lower state.

Clear and clean, especially describing water.

Phosphorus; a highly reactive chemical element with atomic number 15 and symbol P.

Clear and sparkling, especially describing water.

Used in personal names.

To discuss, debate, or express opinions on a topic.

To queue up or take turns.

To select or choose; also used as a surname.

Neighbouring, adjacent, or nearby.

Scales of a fish or reptile.

Kilin; a mythical Chinese creature, usually referring to the qilin.

To work in shifts or in rotation.

To compare; to match or be equal to.

Neighboring country; a nation adjacent to one's own.

Lunbei, a township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.

leon4 bui3 hoeng1

崙背鄉仑背乡

Lunbei township in Yunlin county, Taiwan.

leon4 bun2 kwan1

鄰苯醌邻苯醌

1,2-benzoquinone, a chemical compound.

To get a ticket or number tab and wait to be called, as an alternative to standing in a queue.

The tooth of a gear or cogwheel.

Order of turns; a round or lap in a sequence.

The scaly wing of an insect, especially of butterflies and moths.

鱗翅目鳞翅目

Lepidoptera, the order of insects that includes butterflies and moths.

leon4 ci3 zit3 bei2

鱗次櫛比鳞次栉比

Arranged in close order; packed closely and orderly like fish scales and the teeth of a comb.

A round; a musical form where voices sing the same melody starting at different times.

leon4 daai6 mai5

輪大米轮大米

To gang rape; to rape in turn.

London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and England.

leon4 deon1 daai6 hok6 aa3 fei1 hok6 jyun2

倫敦大學亞非學院伦敦大学亚非学院

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

leon4 deon1 daai6 hok6 hok6 jyun2

倫敦大學學院伦敦大学学院

University College London

leon4 deon1 gam1 suk6 gaau1 jik6 so2

倫敦金屬交易所伦敦金属交易所

London Metal Exchange.

leon4 deon1 gwok3 zai3 gam1 jung4 kei4 fo3 gaau1 jik6 so2

倫敦國際金融期貨交易所伦敦国际金融期货交易所

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE).

leon4 deon1 zing3 hyun3 gaau1 jik6 so2

倫敦證券交易所伦敦证券交易所

London Stock Exchange (LSE).

To be one's turn in a sequence to do something.

Ferry; a boat used to transport people or goods across a body of water.

leon4 faa3 koi3

磷化鈣磷化钙

Calcium phosphide (Ca3P2).

In turn; taking turns one after another.

To train in rotation or in shifts.

Phosphate fertilizer.

Phosphorescence or will-o'-the-wisp; the pale light produced by the spontaneous combustion of phosphine from decaying matter.

leon4 fui1 sek6

Apatite; a group of phosphate minerals.

Spoke of a wheel.

leon4 fuk1 luk6 doek3 muk6 niu5

鱗腹綠啄木鳥鳞腹绿啄木鸟

Scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus).

A next-door neighbor or neighboring household.

To gang rape; to rape a person by turns.

To work in shifts; to be on duty by turns.

Scales of fish, reptiles, or armor.

leon4 gaau3 gou1

倫滘糕伦滘糕

White sugar sponge cake; a traditional sweet Cantonese steamed cake.

Near, adjacent, or neighboring.