Cantonese Dictionary

膫

liu4

Mandarin: liao2

male genitals | old variant of 膋liáo [膋] | the fat covering the intestines | the omentum | # adapted from cc-cedict

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臉

lim5

Mandarin: lian3

Simplified: 脸

face M: 张zhāng [张] | 个gè [个] | reputation | dignity | honour | countenance | front part of something | cheek | # adapted from cc-cedict

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臉基尼

lim5 gei1 nei4

Mandarin: lian3 ji1 ni2

facekini

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臉孔

lim5 hung2

Mandarin: lian3 kong3

face

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臉容

lim5 jung4

Mandarin: lian3 rong2

Simplified: 脸容

face

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臉書

lim5 syu1

Mandarin: lian3 shu1

Facebook, the online social media

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臉盆

lim5 pun4*2

Mandarin: lian3 pen2

a washbasin; a washbowl [Syn.] 洗臉盆 | [粵]: 面盆

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臉色

lim5 sik1

Mandarin: lian3 se4

complexion; look; a facial expression | [粵]: 面色, 口面

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臉蛋

lim5 daan6*2

Mandarin: lian3 dan4

cheeks

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臉譜

lim5 pou2

Mandarin: lian3 pu3

types of facial makeup in Chinese opera

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臉頰

lim5 haap3

Mandarin: lian3 jia2

cheek

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臉龐

lim5 pong4

Mandarin: lian3 pang2

shape/contour of one's face

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臘

lip6

Mandarin: la4

Simplified: 腊

12th lunar month | preserved (meat, fish etc) | year end sacrifice | # adapted from cc-cedict

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臘八

laap6 baat3

Mandarin: la4 ba1

Simplified: 腊八

8th of December in Lunar calendar

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臘味

laap6 mei6*2

Mandarin: la4 wei4

cured/dried meat; preserved meat

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臘味

laap6 mei2

Mandarin: la4 wei4

Simplified: 腊味

cured meat or fish or other cured products

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臘味蓮藕小炒

laap6 mei6*2 lin4 ngau5 siu2 caau2

stir-fried lotus with preserved pork

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臘手

laap6 sau2

Mandarin: la4 shou3

wax hand, a sculpture of the human hand made by dipping it in paraffin

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臘肉

laap6 juk6

Mandarin: la4 rou4

Simplified: 腊肉

preserved meat

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臘腸

laap6 coeng4*2

Mandarin: la4 chang2

Cantonese pork sausage; Chinese preserved sausage

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臘腸

laap6 coeng2

Mandarin: la4 chang2

Simplified: 腊肠

(food) Hong Kong style sausage

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臘腸卷

laap6 coeng4*2 gyun2

Chinese (pork) sausage rolls

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臘腸卷

laap6 coeng2 gyun2

Mandarin: la4 chang2 juan3

Simplified: 腊肠卷

Chinese pork sausage roll

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臘腸毒菌病

laap6 coeng4*2 duk6 kwan2 beng6

botulism (from the Latin word botulus, "sausage", calqued into Chinese)

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臘腸狗

laap6 coeng4*2 gau2

Mandarin: la4 chang2 gou3

sausage dog; dachshund

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臘腸褲

laap6 coeng2 fu3

Mandarin: la4 chang2 ku4

Simplified: 腊肠裤

slim fitting pants

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臘腸褲

laap6 coeng4*2 fu3

Cantonese

fashionable trousers which have extremely narrow legs (lit., "sausage pants")

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臘起

laap6 hei2

Mandarin: la4 qi3

Simplified: 腊起

to be put into a situation where there is no way out

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臘鴨

laap6 aap3*2

Cantonese

pressed (dried) salted duck | [普]: 板鴨

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臘鴨

laap6 aap2

Mandarin: la4 ya1

Simplified: 腊鸭

cured duck; pressed dried salted duck

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