Cantonese Dictionary

鱗片葉

leon4 pin3 jip6

Mandarin: lin2 pian4 ye4

scale leaf

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鱗莖

leon4 ging3

Mandarin: lin2 jing1

bulb of a plant

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鱲

laap6 lip6

Mandarin: lie4

fish with bristly dorsal fins

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鱸

lou4

Mandarin: lu2

perch; bass

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鱸魚

lou4 jyu4*2

Mandarin: lu2 yu2

sea bass; perch (fish)

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鷯

liu4

Mandarin: liao2

myna; wren

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鷯哥

liu4*1 go1

Cantonese

a myna; a tinkling; a mynah bird

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鷸

leot6 wat6

Mandarin: yu4

snipe; sandpiper

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鷸蚌相爭

leot6 pong5 soeng1 zang1

Mandarin: yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1

by fighting together, neighbors both lose out (lit., "when the sandpiper and the clam continue to fight (the fisherman catches both)")

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鷺

lou6

Mandarin: lu4

egret; heron

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鷺式

lou6 sik1

[yoga] Krouchasana, Heron

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鷺鷥

lou6 si1

Mandarin: lu4 si1

Simplified: 鹭鸶

an egret

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鸞

lyun4

Mandarin: luan2

legendary bird of the phoenix type

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鸞鳳和鳴

lyun4 fung6 wo4 ming4

Mandarin: luan2 feng4 he2 ming2

Simplified: 鸾凤和鸣

a happily married couple

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鹵

lou5

Mandarin: lu3

Simplified: 卤

alkaline soil | natural salt | brine | halogen (chemistry) | crass | stupid | salted | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鹵化

lou5 faa3

Mandarin: lu3 hua4

halogenate

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鹵味

lou5 mei6*2

Mandarin: lu3 wei4

lo mei (marinated food); pot-stewed fowl/meat/etc served cold (made by simmering in a seasoned soy-based sauce)

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鹵水墨魚

lou5 seoi2 mak6 jyu4

spiced cuttlefish Chaozhou style; orange cuttlefish

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鹵水鴨

lou5 seoi2 aap3

Mandarin: lu3 shui3 ya1

Simplified: 卤水鸭

brine-soaked duck; marinated duck

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鹵水鵝

lou5 seoi2 ngo4*2

marinated goose; brine-soaked goose

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鹵田

lou5 tin4

Mandarin: lu3 tian2

a saltpan

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鹵素

lou5 sou3

Mandarin: lu3 su4

halogen

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鹵素燈

lou5 sou3 dang1

Mandarin: lu3 su4 deng1

Simplified: 卤素灯

a halide torch; a halogen lamp

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鹿

luk6

Mandarin: lu4

deer | a surname | political power | granary | barn | foot of a hill or mountain | coarse | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鹿兒島縣

luk6 ji4 dou2 jyun6

Mandarin: Lu4 er5 Dao3 xian4

Simplified: 鹿儿岛县

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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鹿尾

luk6 mei5

Mandarin: lu4 wei3

deer tail (usu. refers to extract from a deer's sexual gland)

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鹿尾巴

luk6 mei5 baa1

Mandarin: lu4 wei3 ba1 (Taiwan); lu4 wei3 ba5 (PRC)

deer tail (usu. refers to extract from a deer's sexual gland)

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鹿彈

luk6 daan6*2

buckshot

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鹿皮

luk6 pei4

Mandarin: lu4 pi2

buckskin, deerskin

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鹿皮布

luk6 pei4*2 bou3

Mandarin: lu4 pi2 bu4

chamois skin

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