Cantonese words starting with L

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Scales of fish, reptiles, or other scaled animals.

Roulette; the casino gambling game featuring a spinning numbered wheel and a small ball.

Neighbor; people living nearby or next door.

Muscovite mica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Linshui, a county in Guang'an, Sichuan.

leon4 seoi2 jyun6

鄰水縣邻水县

Linshui, a county in Guang'an City, Sichuan.

Bony or emaciated in appearance, or rugged and jagged in terrain.

To poll, in the context of computing.

Cuts and bruises covering the body like fish scales.

Human relations and family ethics; the traditional moral principles governing interpersonal relationships.

To be lost, ruined, or destroyed, especially referring to moral values, territory, or sovereignty.

Phosphoric acid.

leon4 syun1 jim4

磷酸鹽磷酸盐

Phosphate; a salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

leon4 syun1 jim4 ngaam4

磷酸鹽岩磷酸盐岩

Phosphorite, a phosphate rock.

leon4 syun1 koi3

磷酸鈣磷酸钙

Calcium phosphate, an inorganic salt used in fertilizers and food additives.

leon4 syun1 naap6

磷酸鈉磷酸钠

Sodium phosphate; an inorganic salt used in detergents and food processing.

To select or choose someone for a position based on specific criteria.

Steamship or motor vessel; any ship propelled by machinery.

To take turns; to rotate or alternate based on a schedule.

Tire; a round, black rubber component that wraps around a wheel rim.

Luntai; a place name, referring to Luntai County in Xinjiang.

leon4 toi4 gu2 sing4

輪台古城轮台古城

Ruins of Luntai city, an archaeological site in Xinjiang.

leon4 toi4 jyun6

輪台縣轮台县

Luntai County, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang.

To be reduced to or degrade into a worse state or condition.

Neighborhood in a topological space.

Samsara; the endless cycle of death and rebirth.

To undergo samsara, transmigrate, or reincarnate in the endless cycle of death and rebirth.

To take turns; to rotate or alternate duties.

Bits and fragments of something; small, scattered, or isolated parts of a larger whole.

Phospholipid; a type of lipid molecule that is a main component of cell membranes.

Circular finger movement used in playing plucked string instruments.

To take turns on duty.

To be deeply affected or thoroughly influenced.

To be adjacent to, border on, or next to.

The person sitting next to you at work or school.

Crop rotation; the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land to preserve soil fertility.

Scaly; scale-like.

leon4 zong6 beng6 duk6

輪狀病毒轮状病毒

Rotavirus; a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses that cause severe diarrhea.

leon4 zong6 sai3 baau1 ngaam4

鱗狀細胞癌鳞状细胞癌

Squamous cell carcinoma.

Wheel and axle; a simple machine consisting of a wheel attached to a smaller axle.

Crop rotation; the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land.

leon4 zyu6 lai4

輪住嚟轮住嚟

To rotate or take turns.

leon4 zyun3 gei1

輪轉機轮转机

Merry-go-round; carousel.

Stingy; unwilling to give or share what one has.