Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- liú
English
- sparkling stone
- precious stone
- glazed, opaque
Variants
Words containing 琉
- 琉球lau4 kau4
Ryūkyū
- 帛琉baak6 lau4
(Tw) Palau
- 琉璃lau4 lei4
colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture
- 琉球海lau4 kau4 hoi2
Ryūkyū Sea
- 琉球王國lau4 kau4 wong4 gwok3
Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
- 琉球群島lau4 kau4 kwan4 dou2
Ryukyu Islands
- 琉璃塔lau4 lei4 taap3
glazed pagoda
- 琉璃瓦lau4 lei4 ngaa5
glazed roof tile
- 琉璃廟lau4 lei4 miu6
Liulimiao town in Beijing municipality
- 琉球國lau4 kau4 gwok3
Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
- 琉球角鴞lau4 kau4 gok3 hiu1
(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
- 琉璃藍鶲lau4 lei4 laam4 jung1
(bird species of China) Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
- 琉特琴lau4 dak6 kam4
(loanword) lute
- 琉璃苣lau4 lei4 geoi6
borage (Borago officinalis)
- 琉球歌鴝lau4 kau4 go1 keoi4
(bird species of China) Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori)
- 阿喀琉斯aa3 kaak3 lau4 si1
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad