Cantonese words starting with L

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歷史成本历史成本

lik6 si2 sing4 bun2historic cost (accounting)

歷史上历史上

lik6 si2 soeng6historical

歷史遺產历史遗产

lik6 si2 wai4 caan2heritage; historical legacy

歷史遺跡历史遗迹

lik6 si2 wai4 zik1historic site

lik6 si4to last; period

lik6 si6strong man

lik6 sing4see 歷城區|历城区[Li4 cheng2 Qu1]

歷城區历城区

lik6 sing4 keoi1Licheng, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong

lik6 siu2weak; feeble; fragile; lacking in strength [written and colloquial]

lik6 so2 bat1 kap6beyond one's power (to do sth)

lik6 so2 nang4 kap6as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability

lik6 sou2to enumerate

力透紙背力透纸背

lik6 tau3 zi2 bui3The word is used to describe the beautiful composition and the deep main theme of a poem or other kinds of literature

lik6 ting5to strongly support; to firmly back

lik6 tok3Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)

lik6 tou4to try hard to

力挽狂瀾力挽狂澜

lik6 waan5 kwong4 laan4to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

lik6 zang1to work hard for; to contend strongly

力爭上游力争上游

lik6 zang1 soeng6 jau4to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result

lik6 zeon6to have experienced a lot of

歷盡滄桑历尽沧桑

lik6 zeon6 cong1 song1to have been through the hardships of life

力盡神危力尽神危

lik6 zeon6 san4 ngai4(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted

lik6 zin3to fight with all one's might

lik6 zing1by force; power

lik6 zo2to block

lik6 zok3to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc)

lik6 zyu2advocate strongly

lim1ream (of paper)

lim4bridal trousseau

lim4incorruptible; inexpensive; side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

lim4name of a river in Hunan

lim4hanging screen or curtain

lim4trailing plant; creeper

lim4(bound form) sickle

lim4hanging temple hair

lim4 bou3cord fabric used in vehicle tires

lim4 ci2honor and shame

鐮翅雞镰翅鸡

lim4 ci3 gai1(bird species of China) Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)

lim4 cong1Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan

鐮倉幕府镰仓幕府

lim4 cong1 mok6 fu2Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333

lim4 cyu5ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong

lim4 dou1sickle

鐮刀斧頭镰刀斧头

lim4 dou1 fu2 tau4the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)

鐮刀細胞貧血镰刀细胞贫血

lim4 dou1 sai3 baau1 pan4 hyut3sickle cell anemia

lim4 fung2extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty

lim4 gaa3cheaply-priced; low-cost

lim4 gei3the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

lim4 git3incorruptible; unbribable; honest

lim4 gong1see 廉江市[Lian2 jiang1 Shi4]

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