Cantonese words starting with L

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lim4 gong1 si5Lianjiang, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong

lim4 mok6hanging screen

lim4 po2Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国

瞼腺炎睑腺炎

lim4 sin3 jim4(medicine) stye; hordeolum

lim4 zi2curtain

lim4 zik6upright and honest; squeaky clean

lim4 zing3to govern with integrity

lim4 zing3Integrity

lim4 zing3 gung1 cyu5Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC)

鐮狀細胞血症镰状细胞血症

lim4 zong6 sai3 baau1 hyut3 zing3sickle cell anemia

lim5to hold back; to control (oneself); Taiwan pr. [liàn]; to accumulate; less than

lim5(noun) (figurative) Facing expression who show someone is mad or happy

臉巴子脸巴子

lim5 baa1 zi2cheek

lim5 bok6bashful

lim5 bou6(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt

lim5 cin2to collect money

lim5 coi4to accumulate wealth

lim5 daan2cheek

臉蛋兒脸蛋儿

lim5 daan2 ji4cheek

臉蛋子脸蛋子

lim5 daan2 zi2cheek

臉都綠了脸都绿了

lim5 dou1 luk6 liu5green in the face (idiom)

lim5 haap3cheek

lim5 hau5thick-skinned

lim5 hung4to blush

臉紅脖子粗脸红脖子粗

lim5 hung4 but6 zi2 cou1red in the face

臉紅筋暴脸红筋暴

lim5 hung4 gan1 bou6red and tense with anger (idiom)

臉紅筋漲脸红筋涨

lim5 hung4 gan1 zoeng3red and tense with anger (idiom)

lim5 jam6old-fashioned women's obeisance

lim5 jam6variant of 斂衽|敛衽[lian3 ren4]

lim5 jing4shape of face

lim5 jing4variant of 臉型|脸型, shape of face

臉盲症脸盲症

lim5 maang4 zing3prosopagnosia

臉皮厚脸皮厚

lim5 pei4 hau5brazen

lim5 pou2Facebook

lim5 pun2washbowl; CL:個|个[ge4]

臉盤兒脸盘儿

lim5 pun4 ji4face

lim5 sik1complexion

lim5 soeng3complexion; appearance of one's face

lim5 syu1Facebook

lim5 tong4facial contour; facial shape

lim5 zaau3visor

lim5 zik1to refrain; to cover one's traces; to retire (from view)

lim6to prepare a dead body for coffin

lim6old-fashioned women's obeisance

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