Cantonese Dictionary

林蔭道

lam4 jam3 dou6

avenue; boulevard. In the naming of actual streets, they may be just called 大道, 大街.

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林西

lam4 sai1

Mandarin: lin2 xi1

Linxi (place in Inner Mongolia)

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林過雲

lam4 gwo3 wan4

Mandarin: lin2 guo4 yun2

Simplified: 林过云

Lam Kor-wan, a well-known serial killer in Hong Kong

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林邊鄉

lam4 bin1 hoeng1

Mandarin: lin2 bian1 xiang1

Linpien (village in Taiwan)

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林鄭月娥

lam4 zeng6 jyut6 ngo4

Mandarin: lin2 zheng4 yue4 e2

Simplified: 林郑月娥

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, a civil servant in Hong Kong

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林青霞

lam4 cing1 haa4

Mandarin: lin2 qing1 xia2

Brigitte Lin

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林韋君

lam4 wai4 gwan1

Mandarin: lin2 wei2 jun1

Penny Lin

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林鳳嬌

lam4 fung6 giu1

Mandarin: lin2 feng4 jiao1

Joan Lin

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柳

lau5

Mandarin: liu3

willow | pleasure | name of a constellation | a prison warden | a prison | # adapted from cc-cedict

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柳京

lau5 ging1

Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea (this alternate name lit., "city of willow trees", formal name is 平壤 which matches the pronunciation for 평양)

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柳公權

lau5 gung1 kyun4

Mandarin: liu3 gong1 quan2

Liu Gongquan

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柳園

lau5 jyun4

Mandarin: liu3 yuan2

Liuyuan (place in Gansu)

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柳城

lau5 sing4

Mandarin: liu3 cheng2

Liucheng (place in Guangxi)

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柳州

lau5 zau1

Mandarin: liu3 zhou1

Liuzhou (city in Guangxi)

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柳州地區

lau5 zau1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: liu3 zhou1 di4 qu1

Liuzhou district (district in Guangxi)

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柳暗花明又一村

lau5 am3 faa1 ming4 jau6 jat1 cyun1

Mandarin: liu3an4-hua1ming2 you4 yi1 cun1

there is always light at the end of the tunnel; the darkest hour is that before the dawn; every cloud has a silver lining; there is always other way out [written and colloquial]

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柳杉

lau5 caam3

Japanese cedar; peacock pine

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柳林

lau5 lam4

Mandarin: liu3 lin2

Liulin (place in Shanxi)

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柳條

lau5 tiu4*2

Mandarin: liu3 tiao2

wicker

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柳條箱

lau5 tiu4*2 soeng1

a basket made of willow branches

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柳樹

lau5 syu6

Mandarin: liu3 shu4

willow | [粵]: 楊柳

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柳橙

lau5 caang4*2

orange

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柳江

lau5 gong1

Mandarin: liu3 jiang1

Liujiang (place in Guangxi)

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柳河

lau5 ho4

Mandarin: liu3 he2

Liuhe (place in Jilin)

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柳瀚雅

lau5 hon6 ngaa5

Mandarin: liu3 han4 ya3

Liu Hun Ya (a.k.a, A-Ya)

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柳營鄉

lau5 jing4 hoeng1

Mandarin: liu3 ying2 xiang1

Liuying (village in Taiwan)

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柳記

lau5 gei3

Mandarin: liu3 ji4

Simplified: 柳记

the correctional services department; staff of the correctional services department [colloquial]

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柳體

lau5 tai2

Mandarin: liu3 ti3

calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan

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栗

leot6

Mandarin: li4

chestnuts; chestnut tree

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栗子

leot6 zi2

Mandarin: li4 zi5

chestnut | [粵]: 風栗

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