| English | Hakka |
|---|---|
| labour party | gung1 dong3 |
| lacking | ca1 |
| ladder | toi1 |
| ladle | sok6 |
| ladle (vb.) | yau3 |
| ladybird | bi4 boi4 zai3 |
| lake | fu2 |
| lame | bai1 |
| lame | bai1 giok5 |
| lame | kio2 |
| land | ngan4 |
| land mass | luk6 |
| landing (part of a house) | pang2 mun2 |
| large bowl | von3 gung1 |
| large intestines | tai4 cong2 |
| large town | zin3 |
| last | zui4 hiu4 |
| last | bau1 mui1 |
| last | mui1 |
| last month | song4 zak5 ngiet6 tiu2 |
| last night | cam4 man1 |
| last night | cam4 bu1 ya4 |
| last week | song4 zak5 li1 bai4 |
| last week | song4 zak5 sin1 ki2 |
| last year | kiu4 ngien2 |
| late | zu4 |
| late | ci2 |
| late | am4 |
| late | zu4 |
| late arriving | ci2 dau4 |
| late in the evening | ya4 |
| later | ci2 dit6 |
| later | zu4 dit6 |
| laugh | siau4 |
| law | fap5 |
| law | fap5 lut6 |
| law | lut6 |
| law courts | fap5 tin2 |
| lawyer | lut6 su1 |
| layer | cung2 |
| laze about | tan4 |
| lazy | mau2 sim1 gi1 |
| lazy | lan1 |
| lazy (waste time in doing nothing) | liau4 dau4 si3 fut5 ben3 |
| lazy person | lan1 ngin2 |
| lazy person | lan1 sa2 vong2 |