© Dylan W.H. Sung
Hakka English
la1 gather
la1 take
la1 su3 sticks to the hand
la2 visit someone
la2 kia2 spider
la2 kiang2 miong3 spider web
la2 la2 sang1 quickly
la2 moi4 ga1 visit wife's relations
la3 marinate
la4 gap
la4 slit
la4 ha2 ngin2? who?
la4 ngin2? who?
lai1 arrest (by police)
lai1 milk
lai1 pull
lai1 go3 lychee
lai1 lok6 hi4 pulled in
lai1 yiu2 cream
lai2 excrete from the body (waste, eggs)
lai2 mud
lai2 plow (n.)
lai2 soil
lai2 ngiau4 ha2 crayfish
lai2 po2 octopus
lai2 ten2 plowing fields
lai3 diu1 these
lai3 vui4 here
lai3 zak5 this
lai3 zak5 li1 bai4 this week
lai3 zak5 ngiet6 this month
lai3 zak5 sin1 ki2 this week
lai4 accuse
lai4 blame
lai4 enduring
lai4 long lasting
lai4 diu1 ngin2? who?
lai4 diu1? which ones?
lai4 si2 whenever
lai4 zak5 du1 hau3 any will do
lai4 zak5? which one?
lai4 zu1 son
lak5 injure one's back
lak5 stream (n.)
lak5 dau3 yau1 gut5 injure one's back
lak6 calendar
lam1 basket
lam2 basket
lam2 blue
lam2 classifier for basketful of items
lam2 male
lam2 south
lam2 cau2 south korea
lam2 fung1 south wind
lam2 hon2 south korea
lam2 kit6 antartic
lam2 lam2 cong2 long
lam2 mui1 south america
lam2 ngin2 man
lam2 set5 blue
lam2 yong2 southern lands away from china
lam3 hug
lam3 olive
lam3 o1 nga2 hold a baby
lam4 bind
lam4 supporting wire under tensile stress
lan1 lazy
lan1 ngin2 lazy person
lan1 sa2 vong2 lazy person
lan2 barrier
lan2 difficult
lan2 sty
lan2 tang4 unpleasant to listen to
lan4 rotten
lan4 bu4 rags
lan4 yong2 tiu2 jellyfish
lang1 cold
lang1 ki2 slug
lang1 sen4 mau4 wollen hat
lang2 nil
lang2 nought
lang2 zero
lang2 li4 clean
lang4 ci4 apart
lang4 ci4 separately
lang4 ci4 zak5 another
lang4 ngoi4 another
lang4 ngoi4 zak5 another
lap5 fit on to
lap5 sap5 tung3 bin
lap5 sap5 tung3 trash can
lap6 pay fees and demands
lap6 preserving meat by drying
lap6 wax (n.)
lap6 ap5 dried preserved duck
lap6 cai1 hiong3 pay rates
lap6 cong2 red sweet chinese sausage made with fatty pork
lap6 hok6 fui4 pay school fees
lap6 ngiuk5 dry meat flavoured with wine and soya sauce
lap6 za4 sugar cane
lap6 zuk5 candle
lat5 burn (vb.)
lat6 hot like chilli
lat6 ziau1 chilli pepper
lau1 and
lau1 angry
lau1 get angry
lau1 hate
lau1 with
lau3 brain
lau3 old
lau3 bak5 old man
lau3 ban3 employer
lau3 go1 man
lau3 gung1 husband
lau3 moi4 sister (younger)
lau3 moi4 se4 brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)
lau3 po2 wife
lau3 si3 brain
lau3 si3 gau1 brain
lau3 sin4 brain
lau3 su1 teacher
lau3 tai1 boy
lau3 tai1 brother (younger)
lau3 tai1 sim1 kiu1 sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)
lau4 widely spaced
lau4 cu3 mouse
lau4 cu3 rat
lau4 cu3 zen3 mouse trap
lau4 fu3 tiger
lau4 hai3 crab