Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- luó
English
- type of creeping plant
- radish
- turnip
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Variants
Words containing 蘿
- 蘿莉lo4 lei6
a Lolita (young, cute girl)
- 蘿蔔lo4 baak6
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon
- 菠蘿bo1 lo4
pineapple
- 菠蘿包bo1 lo4 baau1
pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin)
- 菠蘿油bo1 lo4 jau4
pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1 luo2 bao1] with a slice of butter inserted
- 胡蘿蔔wu4 lo4 baak6
carrot
- 蘿蔔頭lo4 baak6 tau4
an offensive slang for a Japanese person; literally 'carrot head'
- 白蘿蔔baak6 lo4 baak6
daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 紅蘿蔔hung4 lo4 baak6
carrot
- 青蘿蔔ceng1 lo4 baak6
green radish
- 菠蘿雞bo1 lo4 gai1
(literally: pineapple chicken); someone who is keen on clinging on to others in order to gain benefits
- 菠蘿彈bo1 lo4 daan2
a hand grenade
- 菠蘿蓋bo1 lo4 goi3
(human body part) patella; kneecap or kneepan
- 菠蘿釘bo1 lo4 deng1
spikes on a pineapple
- 菠蘿麻bo1 lo4 maa4
a type of Burlap or Hessian fabric
- 蘿蔔糕lo4 baak6 gou1
radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
- 菠蘿蜜bo1 lo4 mat6
jackfruit
- 蘿底橙lo4 dai2 caang2
literally: 'leftover orange'; used to describe leftover goods that no one wants that are of inferior quality; it is often used as a derogatory term to refer to women who are the "Leftover Women" and unwanted by men
- 胡蘿蔔素wu4 lo4 baak6 sou3
carotene
- 大樹菠蘿daai6 syu6 bo1 lo4
jackfruit
- 花心蘿蔔faa1 sam1 lo4 baak6
(noun) a carrot with a hollow centre; a carrot that has wilted; (slang) a playboy; a lady-killer; a womanizer
- 蘿底桔lo4 dai2 gat1
used to describe leftover goods (or people) that no one wants that are of inferior quality; it is often used as a derogatory term to refer to women who are the “Leftover Women” and unwanted by men [colloquial]
- 大蘿蔔daai6 lo4 baak6
see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]
- 水蘿蔔seoi2 lo4 baak6
small red radish