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• 你 — le2: you (singular)
• 妳 — le2: you (singular, female)
• 您 — le2: you (polite, singular)
• 鑢 — le3: to rub; to scrub, to file (with a rasp)
• 驢母 — le5 bho2: female donkey, jenny
• 驢牯 — le5 gou2: male donkey, jack
• 驢駒子 — le5 ku1 ze2: donkey foal
• 驢駒 — le5 ku1: donkey foal
• 勞 — le5: to toil; to work hard, labor; work
• 驢 — le5: donkey, ass
• 濾鏡 — le6 gian3: photographic filter, filter
• 呂宋票 — le6 song2 biê1: Manila lottery (historical), Luzon lottery ticket
• 呂宋 — le6 song3: Luzon, Philippines (archaic)
• 濾紙 — le6 zua2: filter paper
• 呂 — le6: surname Lü, ancient state name
• 慮 — le6: to worry about, to be concerned
• 濾 — le6: to strain out, to filter
• 鋁 — le6: aluminium, aluminum
• 哩 — li1: sentence-final particle for declarative emphasis
• 禮拜堂 — li2 bai3 deng5: church, chapel
• 禮拜日 — li2 bai3 rêg8: Sunday
• 禮帽 — li2 bho7: formal hat, top hat
• 理財 — li2 cai5: to manage money, financial management
• 理當 — li2 deng1: should; ought to
• 禮堂 — li2 deng5: auditorium, hall, assembly hall
• 理智 — li2 di3: reason; intellect; sanity
• 旅店 — li2 diam3: inn, motel, hotel
• 理工 — li2 gang1: science and engineering (academic fields)
• 履行 — li2 gian5: to fulfill (a promise), to perform (a duty), to carry out
• 旅行 — li2 gian5: to travel, to go on a trip, to tour
• 理解 — li2 goi2: to understand, to comprehend
• 鯉姑 — li2 gou1: carp
• 旅館 — li2 guang2: hotel, inn
• 禮券 — li2 guang3: gift voucher, gift certificate, gift card
• 鯉魚 — li2 he2: carp
• 禮服 — li2 hog8: formalwear, full dress, ceremonial attire
• 旅費 — li2 hui3: travel expenses
• 理化 — li2 huê3: physics and chemistry (school subject)
• 旅遊 — li2 iu5: to travel, to tour
• 理由 — li2 iu5: reason; grounds; justification
• 理科 — li2 kuê1: the sciences (academic subjects)
• 旅客 — li2 kêh4: traveller, passenger, guest
• 理念 — li2 lim6: concept; ideology; philosophy, conviction; belief
• 理落食 — li2 loh8 ziah8: to cook; to prepare a meal
• 理論 — li2 lung6: theory, reasoning
• 履歷 — li2 lêh8: resume; curriculum vitae, personal experience; antecedents
• 裡面 — li2 ming7: inside, interior
• 禮物 — li2 muêh8: gift, present
• 禮炮 — li2 pao3: gun salute, salvo
• 旅伴 — li2 puan6: travel companion, travelling companion
• 理想 — li2 siang2: ideal; dream; aspiration
• 理性 — li2 sên3: reason; rationality
• 旅程 — li2 tian5: journey, trip, itinerary
• 旅途 — li2 tu5: journey, trip
• 禮節 — li2 zag4: courtesy, etiquette, rites
• 理應 — li2 êng3: should; ought to
• 履 — li2: shoe; footwear (literary), to tread on
• 旅 — li2: to travel, journey; trip
• 李 — li2: plum, surname Li
• 理 — li2: reason; logic; principle, to manage; to put in order
• 里 — li2: li (unit of distance, ~0.5 km), neighborhood, village
• 鯉 — li2: carp
• 剺 — li3: to tear
• 釐米 — li5 bhi2: centimetre, centimeter (cm)
• 離別 — li5 biêg8: to part ways, to say goodbye, to separate
• 釐秤 — li5 cing3: small steelyard scale for weighing money or silver
• 離家 — li5 gê1: to leave home
• 利害 — li5 hai7: fierce, formidable, terrific
• 離婚 — li5 hung1: to divorce
• 離奇 — li5 ki5: strange, odd, bizarre
• 離開 — li5 kui1: to leave, to depart
• 離職 — li5 zêh4: to leave one's job, to resign
• 嫠 — li5: widow
• 灕 — li5: Li River (in Guangxi)
• 狸 — li5: leopard cat, raccoon dog
• 璃 — li5: glass; glaze (bound form, as in 玻璃 'glass' and 琉璃 'colored glaze')
• 籬 — li5: fence made of bamboo or branches
• 釐 — li5: centi- (unit prefix), one-thousandth (old currency subdivision, mill)
• 離 — li5: to leave, to depart, to separate
• 麗 — li5: Goryeo (short for 高麗)
• 黎 — li5: surname Li
• 麗江 — li6 gang1: Lijiang (prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)
• 荔枝 — li6 gi1: lychee
• 厲行 — li6 gian5: to strictly enforce, to rigorously carry out
• 厲害 — li6 hai7: severe; intense, amazing; impressive
• 利好 — li6 ho2: favourable, advantageous, bullish
• 利益 — li6 iah4: benefit, advantage, interest
• 利誘 — li6 iu2: to lure with promise of gain
• 利潤 — li6 rung6: profit
• 利息 — li6 sêg4: interest (on savings or loans)
• 利用 — li6 êng7: to use, to utilize, to take advantage of
• 勵 — li6: to encourage, to strive
• 厲 — li6: fierce, severe; strict
• 戾 — li6: perverse, recalcitrant, unruly
• 猁 — li6: lynx (bound form, used only in 猞猁)
• 莉 — li6: jasmine (bound form, as in 茉莉), character used in female given names
• 蠣 — li6: oyster
• 麗 — li6: beautiful, lovely, elegant
• 利市 — li7 ci6: lucky money, monetary gift for holidays/occasions
• 例題 — li7 doi5: example question, sample problem
• 例外 — li7 ghua7: exception, to be an exception
• 例假 — li7 gia2: official holiday, legal holiday
• 例行 — li7 gian5: to carry out routinely, routine (as scheduled)
• 例會 — li7 huê6: regular meeting, routine meeting
• 例言 — li7 ngang5: editorial notes, explanatory preface (in a book)
• 例如 — li7 ru5: for example, for instance, such as
• 例證 — li7 zêng3: example; case in point, proof; evidence
• 例 — li7: example, precedent, rule; regulation
• 吏 — li7: official, petty official
• 粒子 — liab8 ze2: particle (physics), grain; granule; pellet
• 粒 — liab8: classifier for small round objects (grain, pill, fruit, etc.), grain; particle
• 慄 — liag4: to shiver, to shudder, to tremble
• 列車 — liag8 cia1: train
• 烈酒 — liag8 ziu2: hard liquor; spirits
• 列 — liag8: row; line; series, to arrange in a row
• 略 — liag8: slightly; approximately, roughly
• 掠無球 — liah8 bho5 giu5: to not understand, to be clueless
• 掠手 — liah8 ciu2: ace, specialty, one's strong suit
• 掠魚 — liah8 he5: to fish, to catch fish
• 掠 — liah8: to hunt
• 染蠻 — liam1 bang5: bathroom, restroom, toilet
• 粘 — liam1: to stick, to adhere
• 黏 — liam1: sticky, glutinous, to stick
• 奩 — liam5: dressing case; cosmetics box, dowry; bridal trousseau
• 廉 — liam5: honest; incorruptible, inexpensive; cheap
• 簾 — liam5: curtain, blind, hanging screen
• 念經 — liam7 gêng1: to chant sutras, to recite scriptures, to nag repetitively
• 兩廣 — liang2 guang2: Liangguang (Guangdong and Guangxi)
• 兩岸 — liang2 ngai6: both banks, both sides of a strait, cross-strait (mainland China and Taiwan)
• 兩粵 — liang2 uag8: Guangdong and Guangxi, Liangyue
• 兩英 — liang2 êng1: Liangying (a town in Chaonan District, Shantou)
• 倆 — liang2: two; both, a couple; a pair
• 臉 — liang2: face, cheek
• 輛 — liang2: classifier for wheeled vehicles
• 良田 — liang5 cang5: fertile farmland; good farmland
• 聯動 — liang5 dong6: to interlock, to move in tandem, to chain-react
• 涼茶 — liang5 dê5: herbal tea, cooling tea
• 聯繫方式 — liang5 hi6 huang1 sêg4: contact details; contact information
• 聯繫 — liang5 hi6: to contact; to get in touch with, to connect; to link
• 良好 — liang5 ho2: good; fine; favourable
• 涼風 — liang5 huang1: cool breeze
• 連環計 — liang5 huang5 goi3: set of interlinked plots; chain stratagem
• 連環 — liang5 huang5: chain of connecting rings, interlinked (figurative)
• 連衣裙 — liang5 i1 gung5: dress (one-piece garment)
• 良莠不齊 — liang5 iu2 bug4 ci5: mixed good and bad; of uneven quality
• 聯絡所 — liang5 log8 so2: community centre
• 聯名 — liang5 mian5: to jointly sign; to co-sign
• 憐憫 — liang5 miang2: to pity, to have compassion for
• 連夜 — liang5 mê5: that very night; all through the night, for nights on end
• 連年 — liang5 ni5: to continue year after year; for successive years
• 連鎖 — liang5 so2: chain; linked together, interconnected
• 連續劇 — liang5 sog8 giah8: TV series; serialized drama
• 連續 — liang5 sog8: continuous; successive; serial, continuously; in a row
• 良知 — liang5 zai1: conscience; innate moral sense
• 連接 — liang5 zih4: to link; to join; to connect
• 憐 — liang5: to pity; to sympathize, to love tenderly
• 涼 — liang5: cool, cold
• 粱 — liang5: millet, fine grain; choice staple food
• 良 — liang5: good; fine, virtuous
• 連 — liang5: to link; to connect; to join, to include; counting, continuously; repeatedly
• 量 — liang5: to measure, to estimate; to evaluate
• 聯合 — liang6 hah8: to unite, to join together, joint; combined
• 靚麗 — liang6 li6: beautiful; pretty
• 亮相 — liang6 siang3: to appear in public, to make one's debut, to strike a pose (on stage)
• 量產 — liang6 suan2: to mass-produce
• 亮 — liang6: bright, shining, clear (light)
• 吝 — liang6: stingy; miserly; parsimonious
• 諒 — liang6: to forgive, to understand, to sympathize
• 量 — liang6: measure; quantity, capacity; volume
• 練江 — liang7 gang1: Lian River (a river in Guangdong, China)
• 練 — liang7: to practice, to train; to drill
• 鏈 — liang7: chain, cable
• 了事 — liao2 se7: to settle a matter (perfunctorily), to conclude
• 了 — liao2: to finish; to end, to understand; to comprehend
• 遼闊 — liao5 kuah4: vast, extensive
• 聊天 — liao5 tin1: to chat
• 寮 — liao5: hut; shack; small house, home
• 撈 — liao5: to fish out; to scoop up (from water), to grab; to take up
• 燎 — liao5: to burn; to scald
• 療 — liao5: to treat, to cure, to heal
• 瞭 — liao5: clear; unambiguous, bright (of eyes)
• 聊 — liao5: to chat, to rely on (formal)
• 遼 — liao5: distant; far
• 老鷹婆 — liao6 êng1 bo5: eagle
• 鷺 — liao6: heron, egret
• 廖內 — liao7 lai6: Riau (province of Indonesia)
• 料理 — liao7 li2: cuisine, cooking (style)
• 廖 — liao7: surname Liao
• 料 — liao7: material; ingredient, to anticipate; to expect
• 立秋 — lib8 ciu1: Start of Autumn (solar term, around Aug 8)
• 立春 — lib8 cung1: Start of Spring (solar term, around Feb 3-5)
• 立冬 — lib8 dang1: Start of Winter (solar term, around Nov 7)
• 立交橋 — lib8 gao1 gio5: highway interchange, overpass; flyover
• 立項 — lib8 hang6: to get a project registered/approved
• 立法 — lib8 huag4: to legislate; to enact laws
• 立夏 — lib8 hê7: Start of Summer (solar term, around May 5-7)
• 立約 — lib8 iêh4: to sign a contract, to enter into a treaty
• 立業 — lib8 ngiab8: to build one's career, to establish oneself
• 立即 — lib8 ziag4: immediately, promptly; at once
• 立 — lib8: to stand, to establish; to set up