Cantonese Dictionary

烈火

lit6 fo2

Mandarin: lie4 huo3

raging inferno; blaze

View full entry →

烈火見真金

lit6 fo2 gin3 jan1 gam1

Mandarin: lie4 huo3 jian4 zhen1 jin1

Simplified: 烈火见真金

to show one's true colors after going through difficult challenges

View full entry →

烈酒

lit6 zau2

Mandarin: lie4 jiu3

firewater (strong liquor); hard liquor, spirits

View full entry →

烈酒杯

lit6 zau2 bui1

a shotglass (shot glass)

View full entry →

烙

lok6

Mandarin: lao4

to brand | to iron | to bake (in a pan) | to parch | to roast | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

烙印

lok3 jan3

Mandarin: lao4 yin4

brand, to brand; mark, to mark

View full entry →

烙鐵

lok3 tit3

Mandarin: lao4 tie5

flatiron, iron, soldering iron

View full entry →

烙餅

lok3 beng2

Mandarin: lao4 bing3

a tortilla-like flat cake made from flour

View full entry →

煉

lin6

Mandarin: lian4

Simplified: 炼

to refine | to smelt | to distill | to condense | to polish the wording | to temper | to train | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

煉丹

lin6 daan1

alchemy

View full entry →

煉奶

lin6 naai5

condensed milk

View full entry →

煉獄

lin6 juk6

Mandarin: lian4 yu4

a purgatory; Purgatory

View full entry →

煉糖

lin6 tong4

to refine sugar

View full entry →

煉糖廠

lin6 tong4 cong2

a sugar refinery

View full entry →

煉金術

lin6 gam1 seot6

Mandarin: lian4 jin1 shu4

alchemy

View full entry →

煉鋼廠

lin6 gong3 cong2

a steel mill

View full entry →

煉鐵

lin6 tit3

Mandarin: lian4 tie3

smelting iron

View full entry →

熝

luk6

Mandarin: lu4

(Cant.) to scald with steam | to purify | refine | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

燎

liu4 liu6

Mandarin: liao3 liao2 liao4

[1] to burn, set afire; to illuminate [2] a signal lamp

View full entry →

燎

liu6

Mandarin: liao2

to burn | to set afire | to illuminate | a signal lamp | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

燎原

liu4 jyun4

Mandarin: liao2 yuan2

to set the prairie ablaze

View full entry →

燎原之火

liu4 jyun4 zi1 fo2

wildfire

View full entry →

燐

leon4

Mandarin: lin2

[chem] phosphorus (P)

View full entry →

燶

lung1

Mandarin: nong2

Simplified: 㶶

(dialect) to burn | to scorch | burnt | charred | drastic drop in stock market | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

爁

laam4

Mandarin: lan4

to roast; to burn

View full entry →

爉

laap6

Mandarin: la4

wax

View full entry →

爍

lok6

Mandarin: shuo4

Simplified: 烁

to flake | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

爐

lou4

Mandarin: lu2

Simplified: 炉

stove | furnace | fireplace | oven | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

爐灰

lou4*2 fui1

ashes of a stove

View full entry →

爐灰

lou4 fui1

Mandarin: lu2 hui1

Simplified: 炉灰

(noun) ashes

View full entry →