Cantonese words starting with L

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to fully support; to protect [colloquial]

to hug, to cuddle; to hold onto

to visit scenic spots

a contractor (shipping company terminology)

laam5 tau2 laam5 geng2

攬頭攬頸揽头揽颈

to be very intimate (especially physically) [colloquial]

laam5 zyu6 jat1 cai4 sei2

攬住一齊死揽住一齐死

to get killed together; to be doomed to the same fate together

(transportation in Hong Kong) The Peak Tram

island (the superstructure of an aircraft carrier, on the starboard side of the deck)

to denude; forest clearance

檻火盆槛火盆

a ceremony where someone step over a basin of burning yellow paper to signify a new start

to fall into bad company

laam6 geng2 gan1

攬頸巾揽颈巾

to wear a scarf

laam6 ham2 laam6 fat6

濫砍濫伐滥砍滥伐

wanton destruction of forested lands

laam6 hou2 jan4

濫好人滥好人

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

indiscriminate punishment

laam6 jung6 kyun4 lik6

濫用權力滥用权力

laam6 jung6 zik1 kyun4

濫用職權滥用职权

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)

laam6 jyu4 cung1 sou3

濫竽充數滥竽充数

lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products; token member of a group

bridge (of a naval ship)

to abuse one's authority; to misuse power

to kill indiscriminately

laam6 saat3 mou4 gu1

濫殺無辜滥杀无辜

willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

bow of a warship

cable; mooring rope

lit. floating wine goblets on a stream

cable; mooring rope

laam6 sok3 diu3 ji2

纜索吊椅缆索吊椅

濫套子滥套子

shipboard (radar system etc); carrier-based (aircraft)

laam6 zoi3 gei1

艦載機舰载机

carrier-based aircraft

mooring bollard

roaming the streets aimlessly; going out for fun (spoken)

get out of the way; get lost (spoken)

laan1 lan2 hoi1

躝撚開躝撚开

fuck off [colloquial]

rough way of telling others to go away; "get out"