Cantonese Dictionary

漓

lei4

Mandarin: li2

pattering (of rain) | seep through | name of a river | water dripping | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漓江

lei4 gong1

Mandarin: li2 jiang1

Li Jiang (Li River) is one of China's most famous scenic areas because of its unique mountainous hillside along its length

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漣

lin4

Mandarin: lian2

Simplified: 涟

ripple | tearful | flowing continuously | name of water bodies | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漣水

lin4 seoi2

Mandarin: lian2 shui3

Lianshui (place in Jiangsu)

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漣源

lin4 jyun4

Mandarin: lian2 yuan2

Lianyuan (city in Hunan)

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漣源地區

lin4 jyun4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: lian2 yuan2 di4 qu1

Lianyuan district (district in Hunan)

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漯

lo4

Mandarin: ta4

name of a river | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潦

lou6

Mandarin: lao3

inundate | torrent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潦倒

lou5 dou2

Mandarin: liao2 dao3

out of good luck; disheartened; dejected; frustrated

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潦草

liu4/liu2 cou2

Mandarin: liao3 cao3

[adj] haphazard; careless; illegible

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潦草

liu2 cou2

Mandarin: liao2 cao3

(noun) Kind of writing

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澇

lou6

Mandarin: lao4

Simplified: 涝

flooded | inundate | torrent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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澇災

lou6 zoi1

Mandarin: lao4 zai1

Simplified: 涝灾

flooding; waterlogging

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澧

lai5

Mandarin: li3

used only as part of place or river name

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澧縣

lai5 jyun6

Mandarin: li3 xian4

Li county (county in Hunan)

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澩嫪

laau2 gaau6

Mandarin: xue2 lao4

messy; in disarray; complex; troublesome [colloquial]

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濫

laam6

Mandarin: lan4

Simplified: 滥

overflowing | excessive | indiscriminate | unrealistic | # adapted from cc-cedict

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濫交

laam6 gaau1

Mandarin: lan4 jiao1

1. imprudent in one's choice of friends 2. engage in promiscuous relations

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濫情

laam6 cing4

Mandarin: lan4 qing2

sappiness (love in excess)

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濫殺無辜

laam6 saat3 mou4 gu1

Mandarin: lan4 sha1 wu2 gu1

to kill innocent people at random

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濫用

laam6 jung6

Mandarin: lan4 yong4

abuse; misuse; use indiscriminately

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濫用職權

laam5 jung6 zik1 kyun4

Mandarin: lan4 yong4 zhi2 quan2

abuse one's power/authority; presume on one's position

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濫發電郵

laam6 faat3 din6 jau4

Mandarin: lan4 fa1 dian4 you2

unsolicited commercial e-mail messages, spam, junk mail

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濫竽充數

laam6 jyu4 cung1 sou3

Mandarin: lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4

contribute nothing but being undetected because of others

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濫藥

laam6 joek6

drug abuse

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濾

leoi6

Mandarin: lv4

filter; strain; percolate

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濾嘴煙

leoi6 zeoi2 jin1

Mandarin: lv4 zui3 yan1

Cantonese

filter cigarette; cigarette with a filter tip

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濾水

leoi6 seoi2

Mandarin: lv4 shui3

Simplified: 滤水

to filter water

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濾水器

leoi6 seoi2 hei3

Mandarin: lv4 shui3 qi4

water purifier; water filter

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濾水廠

leoi6 seoi2 cong2

Mandarin: lv4 shui3 chang3

water treatment works, filter station

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