Cantonese words starting with L

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To gather up or throw together.

Mortuary or morgue; a building where dead bodies are kept temporarily before burial.

To pinch, squeeze, or grab tightly with the fingers, or to compete against.

To smelt, refine, or harden metal with fire.

lin2 baau3 ceon1 doi2

鍊爆春袋炼爆春袋

To fight with all of one's strength and without inhibition; to go all out.

Linked list; a data structure consisting of a sequence of elements where each links to the next.

To drag race or compete in street racing, usually illegally.

To defeat or outdo one's rivals in a competition or contest.

lin2 dou3 baau3 si2

鍊到爆屎炼到爆屎

To engage in a fierce, brutal competition or struggle.

To massage by kneading and pressing the muscles and bones.

To defeat or outdo an opponent in a competition or contest.

Hammer throw, the track and field athletic event.

lin2 kau4 kwan2

鏈球菌链球菌

Streptococcus; a genus of spherical bacteria that grow in chains.

Data link; communication link between nodes in a network.

lin2 lou6 cang4

鏈路層链路层

The link layer in computer networking.

lin2 sei2 wai4 zi2

鍊死為止炼死为止

To fight to the death; to struggle until the end.

lin2 sik1 faan2 jing3

鏈式反應链式反应

Chain reaction.

lin2 sik1 lit6 bin3 faan2 jing3

鏈式裂變反應链式裂变反应

Nuclear fission chain reaction.

Chain hydrocarbon; an acyclic hydrocarbon.

To engage in a fierce competition or head-to-head battle.

To pity, feel for, or sympathize with someone's misfortune.

A flail, a manual threshing tool.

Ripple, or flowing continuously.

Grain; a variant form of the character for year.

Company; a military unit consisting of about three platoons.

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).

Consecutive defeats; losing streak; to suffer a series of defeats.

lin4 ban1 daai3 paau2

連奔帶跑连奔带跑

To run quickly; to run in a great hurry.

To connect strokes when writing, typically in cursive.

To join jade annuli; to be linked together like precious gems.

lin4 biu1 bing6 zan2

連鑣並軫连镳并轸

Keeping exactly abreast of one another; making equal progress.

lin4 bun2 daai3 lei6

連本帶利连本带利

Both principal and interest.

Conjunction; a word used to connect clauses or sentences.

To cosign, jointly sign, or endorse a petition or document.

A series or succession of continuous events.

Because of something else; consequently or as a result of a related action or person.

lin4 daai3 zaak3 jam6

連帶責任连带责任

Joint and several liability; to bear joint responsibility for something.

Company; a military unit of troops.

Liandu district in Lishui city, Zhejiang province, China.

lin4 dou1 keoi1

蓮都區莲都区

Liandu district of Lishui city, Zhejiang province

Liaison or linking in phonetics.

To link, act in concert, or operate together; also refers to a serial verb construction.

lin4 dung6 zaai3

連動債连动债

Structured note; a financial instrument linked to other underlying assets.

Lotus; an aquatic plant with large floating leaves, edible rhizomes, and large flowers.

lin4 faa1 baak6

蓮花白莲花白

蓮花杯莲花杯

A small cup or tub of ice cream.

lin4 faa1 jyun6

蓮花縣莲花县

Lianhua County, a county in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.