Cantonese words starting with L

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敛巴
lim6 baa1(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
殓房
lim6 fong4a mortuary
lin2to grip ; to challenge; to fight with
lin2to challenge; to fight
炼爆春袋
lin2 baau3 ceon1 doi2to fight with all of one's strength without any inhibition [colloquial]
链表
lin2 biu2linked list
炼车
lin2 ce1car racing [colloquial]
炼低
lin2 dai1to knock down; to defeat; to out do [colloquial]
炼到爆屎
lin2 dou3 baau3 si2to have a fierce competition [colloquial]
链锯
lin2 goe3chain saw
lin2 gwat1verb; massage
炼赢
lin2 jeng4to defeat; to out do one's opponent [colloquial]
链球
lin2 kau4(athletics) hammer
链球菌
lin2 kau4 kwan2streptococcus (genus of bacteria)
链路
lin2 lou6link
链路层
lin2 lou6 cang4link layer
炼死为止
lin2 sei2 wai4 zi2to fight to the death [colloquial]
链式反应
lin2 sik1 faan2 jing3chain reaction
链式裂变反应
lin2 sik1 lit6 bin3 faan2 jing3chain reaction of nuclear fission
链烃
lin2 ting1chain hydrocarbon
炼镬
lin2 wok6to have a fierce competition [colloquial]
lin4to pity; to love tenderly
lin4see 槤枷|梿枷[lian2 jia1], flail
lin4ripple; flowing continuously
lin4grain; variant of 年nián [年]
lin4lotus; water lily
lin4to link; to connect; in succession; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; to involve; together with; to the extent of; a surname
lin4Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, silver carp
连败
lin4 baai6consecutive defeats
连奔带跑
lin4 ban1 daai3 paau2to run quickly; to gallop
连笔
lin4 bat1to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
连比
lin4 bei2compound ratio
连璧
lin4 bik1to join jade annuli
连镳并轸
lin4 biu1 bing6 zan2lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another
连本带利
lin4 bun2 daai3 lei6both principal and interest
连词
lin4 ci4conjunction
连署
lin4 cyu5to cosign
连串
lin4 cyun3one after the other; a series of
连带
lin4 daai3to be related; to involve
连带责任
lin4 daai3 zaak3 jam6to bear joint responsibility for sth
连队
lin4 deoi6company (of troops)
莲都
lin4 dou1see 蓮都區|莲都区[Lian2 du1 Qu1]
莲都区
lin4 dou1 keoi1Liandu, a district of Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市[Li2 shui3 Shi4], Zhejiang
连读
lin4 duk6liaison (in phonetics)
连动
lin4 dung6to link; gang (gears); serial verb construction
连动债
lin4 dung6 zaai3structured note (finance)
莲花
lin4 faa1lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
莲花白
lin4 faa1 baak6(dialect) cabbage
莲花杯
lin4 faa1 bui1ice cream in cup
莲花县
lin4 faa1 jyun6Lianhua, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi

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