蘿 (lo4) — trailing plants; radish in Cantonese
loˎ₄蘿
简 萝
Mandarin Pinyin: luo2
Meaning of 蘿
nountrailing plants; radish
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Example Sentences with 蘿
老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!
cingˉ¹清tongˉ¹湯loˎ₄蘿baakˍ₆蔔hou2.好。
Clear soup radish is good.
ngoˏ₅我jiu˗₃要go˗₃個boˉ¹菠loˎ₄蘿baau1.包。
I want a pineapple bun.
go˗₃個boˉ¹菠loˎ₄蘿baauˉ¹包houˊ²好jit6.熱。
The pineapple bun is very hot.
maaiˏ₅買go˗₃個boˉ¹菠loˎ₄蘿baau1.包。
Buy a pineapple bun.
Words Containing 蘿
菠蘿油bo1 lo4 jau4
"pineapple" bun with butter
乜嘢新絲蘿蔔皮mat1 je5 san1 si1 lo4 baak6 pei4
Who does he think he is? Who do you think you are?
菠蘿bo1 lo4
pineapple, ananas (usually 鳳梨 in Mandarin)
花心蘿蔔faa1 sam1 lo4 baak6
a playboy
青蘿蔔ceng1 lo4 baak6
green radish
菠蘿丁bo1 lo4 deng1
someone who takes advantage of other people
煎蘿蔔糕zin1 lo4 baak6 gou1
fried Chinese radish cake
蘿蔔lo4 baak6
radish; turnip
新鮮蘿蔔皮san1 sin1 lo4 baak6 pei4
'so special' / 'so great' / 'so marvallous' (in a sarcastic tone used in the expression “so (you /he / she) think (you / he / she are / is) so special” [colloquial]
蘿白頭lo4 baak6 tau4
a derogatory way to refer to a Japanese person [colloquial]
白蘿蔔baak6 lo4 baak6
daikon radish/turnip
菠蘿釘bo1 lo4 deng1
the spikes on a pineapple
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