Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- liǔ
- Liǔ
English
- willow tree
- surname Liu
- willow
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Lau" or "Lao"
- willow
- pleasure
- boneless flesh of
- 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae
- nickname of the Correctional Services Department and its staff
粵語
- 姓
- 即係楊柳、柳樹
- 入面冇骨嘅肉
- 懲教署同埋懲教員嘅代稱
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 柳
- 柳樹lau5 syu6
willow
- 花柳faa1 lau5
syphilis (spoken)
- 魚柳jyu4 lau5
fish fillets
- 牛柳ngau4 lau5
(beef) tenderloin
- 雞柳gai1 lau5
chicken strips; chicken tenders
- 柳記lau5 gei3
the correctional services department; staff of the correctional services department [colloquial]
- 柳丁lau5 ding1
orange (fruit) (Tw)
- 擺柳baai2 lau5
literally: walking sway, describes people who do not have any target or principal
- 楊柳joeng4 lau5
willow tree
- 蟹柳haai5 lau5
crab stick
- 柳絮lau5 seoi5
willow catkin
- 柳心lau5 sam1
the Correctional Services department and its staff; literally: willow heart
- 柳體lau5 tai2
calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan
- 柳條lau5 tiu2
willow twig; osier; wicker
- 柳林lau5 lam4
see 柳林縣|柳林县[Liu3 lin2 Xian4]
- 春柳ceon1 lau5
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
- 柳骨lau4 gwat1
a refined name for toothpick, literally "willow bone"
- 柳琴lau5 kam4
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
- 花柳病faa1 lau5 beng6
sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
- 五柳魚ng5 lau5 jyu2
a fish dish in Chinese cooking, which it is categorized as Sichuan or Hangzhou cuisine
- 柳杉lau5 caam3
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- 柳橙lau5 caang2
orange (fruit)
- 柳鶯lau5 ang1
(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)
- 蒲柳pou4 lau5
big catkin willow