Cantonese Dictionary

劉亦菲

lau4 jik6 fei2

Mandarin: liu2 yi4 fei3

Liu Yifei (a.k.a., Crystal Liu)

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劉以達

lau4 ji5 daat6

Mandarin: liu2 yi3 da2

Simplified: 刘以达

Tats Lau, a singer-songwriter and actor in Hong Kong

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劉備

lau4 bei6

Mandarin: liu2 bei4

Liu Bei

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劉備借荊州

lau4 bei6 ze3 ging1 zau1

Mandarin: liu2 bei4 jie4 jing1 zhou1

Simplified: 刘备借荆州

one refuse to return something borrowed

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劉嘉玲

lau4 gaa1 ling4

Mandarin: liu2 jia1 ling2

Simplified: 刘嘉玲

Carina Lau, an actress in Hong Kong

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劉夢熊

lau4 mung6 hung4

Mandarin: liu2 meng4 xiong2

Simplified: 刘梦熊

Lew Mon-Hung, a businessman and politician in Hong Kong, nicknamed "Dream Bear"

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劉孜

lau4 zi1

Mandarin: liu2 zi1

Liu Zi

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劉家良

lau4 gaa1 loeng4

Mandarin: liu2 jia1 liang2

Simplified: 刘家良

Lau Kar-Leung, an actor, filmmaker, choregrapher and martial artist in Hong Kong

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劉小慧

lau4 siu2 wai6

Mandarin: liu2 xiao3 hui4

Simplified: 刘小慧

Winnie Lau, a singer in Hong Kong

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劉志遠

lau4 zi3 jyun5

Mandarin: liu2 zhi4 yuan3

Lau Chi Yuen

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劉慧卿

lau4 wai6 hing1

Mandarin: liu2 hui4 qing1

Simplified: 刘慧卿

Emily Lau, a prominent liberal, government critic and woman politician in Hong Kong champions press freedom and human rights

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劉曉波

lau4 hiu2 bo1

Mandarin: liu2 xiao3 bo1

Liu Xiaobo (name of dissident writer)

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劉江華

lau4 gong1 waa4

Mandarin: liu2 jiang1 hua2

Simplified: 刘江华

Lau Kong-Wah, Secretary for Home Affairs for HKSAR

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劉海

lau4 hoi2

Mandarin: liu2 hai3

bangs or fringes of hair

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劉燁

lau4 jip6

Mandarin: liu2 ye4

Liu Ye

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劉玉婷

lau4 juk6 ting4

Mandarin: liu2 yu4 ting2

Tiffany Liu

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劉玉玲

lau4 juk6 ling4

Mandarin: liu2 yu4 ling2

Lucy Alexis Liu

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劉美君

lau4 mei5 gwan1

Mandarin: liu2 mei3 jun1

Simplified: 刘美君

Prudence Liew, a singer and actress in Hong Kong

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劉義軍

lau4 ji6 gwan1

Mandarin: liu2 yi4 jun1

Liu Yijun

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劉致妤

lau4 zi3 jyu4

Mandarin: liu2 zhi4 yu2

Shadow Liu (a.k.a., TEN TEN)

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劉若英

lau4 joek6 jing1

Mandarin: liu2 ruo4 ying1

Rene Liu Ruo-Ying

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劉虹嬅

lau4 hung4 waa4

Mandarin: liu2 hong2 hua2

Ginny Liu

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劉諺明

lau4 jin6 ming4

Mandarin: liu2 yan4 ming2

Ming

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劉錫明

lau4 sek3 ming4

Mandarin: liu2 xi1 ming2

Simplified: 刘锡明

Canti Lau, a singer and actor in Hong Kong

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劉雪華

lau4 syut3 waa4

Mandarin: liu2 xue3 hua2

Liu Shue Hua

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劉霞

lau4 haa4

Mandarin: liu2 xia2

Simplified: 刘霞

Liu Xia, a Chinese intellectual, the wife of prisoned 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiao-Bo

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劉青雲

lau4 cing1 wan4

Mandarin: liu2 qing1 yun2

Lau Ching Wan (a.k.a., Sean Lau)

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劙

lai6

Mandarin: li2

a divide, to partition | # adapted from cc-cedict

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力

lik6

Mandarin: li4

power | force | strength | ability | strenuously | capability | influence | vigor | vigorously | to do one's best | KangXi radical 19 | energy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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力不到不為財

lik6 bat1 dou3 bat1 wai4 coi4

Mandarin: li4 bu4dao4 bu4 wei2 cai2

Simplified: 力不到不为财

one must be prepared to put in the hard work themselves in order to become successful and rich; no pain no gain [written and colloquial]

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