Cantonese words starting with L

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liu5 heoi3 liu5(coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duo1], 大[da4], 遠|远[yuan3], 高[gao1]) very

liu5 jin4to understand clearly; evident

liu5 jin4to understand clearly

了然於胸了然于胸

liu5 jin4 jyu1 hung1(idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly

liu5 joek6 zi2 zoeng2see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]

瞭若指掌了若指掌

liu5 joek6 zi2 zoeng2see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]

liu5 jyu4 zi2 zoeng2to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)

瞭如指掌了如指掌

liu5 jyu4 zi2 zoeng2variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]

liu5 koek3to resolve

了卻此生了却此生

liu5 koek3 ci2 sang1to live out one's life

liu5 laam4indigo dye

liu5 liu5to realize clearly; to get it over with

liu5 mong6Look from a height or a distance; look down from a higher place

liu5 si6to dispose of a matter

liu5 zaai3to repay one's debt

liu6to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

liu6carbamide; also written 尿素

廖碧兒廖碧儿

liu6 bik1 ji4Bernice Jan Liu, a singer and actress in Hong Kong

liu6 ci4to arrange; to attend to; to look after (the cooking)

liu6 ciu3spring chill in the air

liu6 cong1granary

liu6 dau2cattle feeder

料豆兒料豆儿

liu6 dau2 ji4cooked black soybean as animal fodder

liu6 deoi1to stockpile

liu6 ding6certain

liu6 dou3to foresee

liu6 dou6to estimate; to assess

liu6 hei3glassware

liu6 kap6to anticipate; expectation

liu6 kyut3 zi2(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward; fig. to flare up in anger

liu6 lei5to arrange; to cook; art of cooking

liu6 lei5 dim3restaurant

liu6 mut6 saa1Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution

liu6 si6 jyu4 san4to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom)

liu6 siu6ingredients

liu6 soeng2to expect; to think (sth is likely)

liu6 tau4remainder of cloth

料頭兒料头儿

liu6 tau4 ji4erhua variant of 料頭|料头[liao4 tou2]

liu6 zau2cooking wine

lo1a final exclamatory particle to express emphasis ; helplessness ; to point out something obvious ; to provide a list off things or examples

lo1to split, to rend; to get; to take; to rip

lo1 baa3a nickname for a woman with a big buttocks [colloquial]

lo1 bat6Robert; a fool; a sucker [colloquial]

lo1 jau2backside; butt

攞意頭攞意头

lo1 ji3 tau4to get a symbolic and lucky meaning

囉里囉嗦啰里啰嗦

lo1 li1 lo1 so1long-winded

囉囉攣罗罗挛

lo1 lo1 lyun1(slang) (of feeling) disturbed; anxious; worried; annoyed; bothered

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