Cantonese words starting with L

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罗汉
lo4 hon3(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4])
罗汉病
lo4 hon3 beng6snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm
罗汉松
lo4 hon3 cung4(plant) Podocarpus Macrophyllus
罗汉豆
lo4 hon3 dau2broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
罗汉果
lo4 hon3 gwo2monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
罗汉鱼
lo4 hon3 jyu2flowerhorn cichlid
罗汉拳
lo4 hon3 kyun4Luohan Quan (Shaolin kung fu style)
罗汉肚
lo4 hon3 tou5potbelly
罗汉斋
lo4 hon3 zaai1stewed mixed vegetables
箩筐
lo4 hong1large wicker basket
螺号
lo4 hou6conch
罗圈
lo4 hyun1round frame of a sieve
罗圈架
lo4 hyun1 gaa3a quarrel in which third parties get involved
罗圈儿
lo4 hyun1 ji4erhua variant of 羅圈|罗圈[luo2 quan1]
罗圈儿揖
lo4 hyun1 ji4 jap1to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
罗圈腿
lo4 hyun1 teoi2bow-legged
罗一秀
lo4 jat1 sau3Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife
箩柚
lo4 jau2arse; buttocks [colloquial]
罗尔定理
lo4 ji5 ding6 lei5Rolle's theorem (in calculus)
罗语
lo4 jyu5Romanian language
罗预
lo4 jyu6(old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit)
罗源
lo4 jyun4see 羅源縣|罗源县[Luo2 yuan2 Xian4]
罗源县
lo4 jyun4 jyun6Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
lo4 keoi5pitch of spiral
罗拉
lo4 laai1roller (loanword)
罗兰
lo4 laan4Roland (name)
罗勒
lo4 lak6sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
萝艻
lo4 lak6old variant of 羅勒|罗勒[luo2 le4]
罗琳
lo4 lam4Rowling (name)
罗利
lo4 lei6Raleigh, capital of North Carolina
萝莉
lo4 lei6a Lolita (young, cute girl)
萝莉控
lo4 lei6 hung3lolicon or rorikon (Japanese loanword)
罗缕纪存
lo4 leoi5 gei2 cyun4to record and preserve
罗伦斯
lo4 leon4 si1Lawrence (city in Kansas, USA)
罗列
lo4 lit6to list; (of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out
罗马
lo4 maa5Rome, capital of Italy
骡马
lo4 maa5pack animal
骡马大车
lo4 maa5 daai6 ce1mule and horse carts
罗马帝国
lo4 maa5 dai3 gwok3Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
罗马斗兽场
lo4 maa5 dau3 sau3 coeng4Roman Colosseum
罗马化
lo4 maa5 faa3romanization
罗马法
lo4 maa5 faat3Roman law
罗马教廷
lo4 maa5 gaau3 ting4the Church (as Royal Court); the Vatican
罗马公教
lo4 maa5 gung1 gaau3Roman Catholicism
罗马尼亚
lo4 maa5 nei4 aa3Romania
罗马诺
lo4 maa5 nok6Romano (name)
罗马生菜
lo4 maa5 saang1 coi3Romaine lettuce
罗马数字
lo4 maa5 sou3 zi6Roman numerals
罗马书
lo4 maa5 syu1Epistle of St Paul to the Romans
罗马字
lo4 maa5 zi6the Latin alphabet

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