Cantonese words starting with L

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lo4 si1 hei2 zi2

螺絲起子螺丝起子

Screwdriver; a tool used for turning screws.

螺絲帽螺丝帽

Nut; a type of metal fastener with a threaded hole used with a screw or bolt.

螺絲母螺丝母

Nut; the female component of a bolt and nut fastener.

lo4 si1 nip6 fu1

羅斯涅夫罗斯涅夫

Rosneft, a Russian state-owned oil company.

螺絲批螺丝批

Screwdriver; a hand tool used for tightening or loosening screws.

lo4 si1 tok3 fu1

羅斯托夫罗斯托夫

Rostov-on-Don, a Russian river port and regional capital close to the Sea of Azov.

lo4 si1 tok3 hak1

羅斯托克罗斯托克

Rostock, a city in northeastern Germany.

螺絲鑽螺丝钻

Corkscrew; a tool used for opening corks.

Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company focusing on pharmaceuticals and diagnostics.

lo4 si6 gei2 ho4

羅氏幾何罗氏几何

Hyperbolic geometry

羅士敏罗士敏

lo4 sik1 gei2 ho4

羅式幾何罗式几何

Hyperbolic geometry.

Rason, a city in North Korea.

A spiral; a helical curve.

螺線管螺线管

Solenoid; a cylindrical coil of wire acting as a magnet when carrying electric current.

The sound of a gong.

Luocheng Mulam Autonomous County in Guangxi, China.

lo4 sing4 jyun6

羅城縣罗城县

Luocheng Mulam Autonomous County in Hechi, Guangxi.

lo4 sing4 muk6 lou2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

羅城仫佬族自治縣罗城仫佬族自治县

Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, in Hechi City, Guangxi.

lo4 sing6 gaau3

羅盛教罗盛教

Luo Chengjiao (1931–1952), a Chinese soldier and volunteer army hero in the Korean War.

羅霄山罗霄山

Luoxiao Mountains; a mountain range straddling the border between Jiangxi and Hunan provinces.

Variant of 囉唆, meaning verbose, fussy, or troublesome.

To be talkative, wordy, or nagging.

Roseau, the capital of Dominica.

Russell (name).

lo4 sung3 tong1

羅宋湯罗宋汤

Borscht; a beetroot soup of Ukrainian origin, or its Hong Kong-style tomato-based adaptation.

Helix or spiral; shaped like the screw thread on a screw.

lo4 syun4 cin1 gan1 ding2

螺旋千斤頂螺旋千斤顶

Screw jack; a type of jack operated by a screw mechanism.

Fusilli; corkscrew-shaped pasta.

lo4 syun4 jing4

Spiral shape; helical.

螺旋鉗螺旋钳

Wrench; a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes.

lo4 syun4 kuk1 min2

A spiral surface; helicoid.

螺旋麵螺旋面

Fusilli; spiral-shaped pasta.

螺旋體螺旋体

Spirochaetes, a phylum of spiral-shaped, extremophile bacteria.

lo4 syun4 zoeng2

螺旋槳螺旋桨

Propeller; a device with a rotating hub and blades used to drive an aircraft or ship.

Spirulina; a type of spiral-shaped blue-green algae often used as a dietary supplement.

Luotian, a county in Huanggang, Hubei, China.

羅田縣罗田县

Luotian County, in Huanggang City, Hubei Province.

lo4 tok3 lou5 ngaa5

羅托魯瓦罗托鲁瓦

Rotorua, a city in New Zealand.

lo4 uk1 man4 zuk6 gun2

羅屋民俗館罗屋民俗馆

Law Uk Folk Museum.

羅榮桓罗荣桓

Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), a Chinese communist military leader.

To hunch one's back, or a hunchback person.

羅鍋兒罗锅儿

Hunchback; a person with a hunched back.

Lo Wu; a border area between northern Sheung Shui in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

羅湖區罗湖区

Luohu, a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Rajin, a place in North Korea.

Łódź, the third largest city of Poland.

羅志祥罗志祥

Show Luo (Luo Zhixiang, 1979-), a Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host.

To frame someone; to trump up charges or fabricate accusations against someone.

lo4 zoek3 gwat6 syu2

羅雀掘鼠罗雀掘鼠

To net sparrows and dig up rats; to be in extreme financial distress or facing a severe shortage of food.