Cantonese words starting with L

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liu4 laai6to suffer tedium

liu4 liu4very few

寥寥可數寥寥可数

liu4 liu4 ho2 sou3(idiom) very few

寥寥無幾寥寥无几

liu4 liu4 mou4 gei2(idiom) very few

liu4 loeng6loud and clear

liu4 loeng6variant of 嘹亮[liao2 liang4]

liu4 lok6sparse

liu4 lyun6variant of 繚亂|缭乱[liao2 luan4]

liu4 lyun6dazzled

liu4 mong6to watch from a height or distance

liu4 mong6 saau3lookout post

瞭望臺瞭望台

liu4 mong6 toi4observation tower

liu4 neoi5 zai2to tease

liu4 ning4see 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]

遼寧大學辽宁大学

liu4 ning4 daai6 hok6Liaoning University

遼寧古盜鳥辽宁古盗鸟

liu4 ning4 gu2 dou6 niu5Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)

遼寧號辽宁号

liu4 ning4 hou6Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)

遼寧省辽宁省

liu4 ning4 saang2Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] (short name 遼|辽[Liao2])

liu4 paau1blister (caused by burns)

liu4 saau3to go on sentry duty

liu4 sai1west of Liaoning

遼瀋戰役辽沈战役

liu4 sam2 zin3 jik6Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War

liu4 sang1to earn a living (esp. with negative)

liu4 si2History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls

撩是鬥非撩是斗非

liu4 si6 dau3 fei1troublemaking

liu4 si6 sang1 fei1to stir up trouble

聊勝於無聊胜于无

liu4 sing3 jyu1 mou4better than nothing (idiom)

liu4 sing4see 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4]

liu4 sing4 si5Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]

liu4 so2fetter lock (to restrain horse)

liu4 soeng1healing; to make healthy again

liu4 tin1to chat; to gossip

聊天兒聊天儿

liu4 tin1 ji4erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]

liu4 tin1 sat1chat room

liu4 uk1squatter shacks

聊齋志異聊斋志异

liu4 zaai1 zi3 ji6Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]

liu4 zeoi6to speak tentatively

liu4 zung1see 遼中區|辽中区[Liao2 zhong1 Qu1]

liu5(modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; to settle; a verb particle indicating possibility; to take away; flee in secret

liu5ruthenium (chemistry)

liu5 bat1 dak1terrific; extraordinary

liu5 bat1 hei2amazing; extraordinary

liu5 dak1exceptional; dreadful

liu5 dong3frank; outspoken; (old) to deal with; to handle

liu5 dyun6to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)

liu5 gaai2to understand; to find out

liu5 gaai2to understand; to find out

liu5 git3to settle; to conclude

liu5 guk6end; solution

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