limp, to, chhiãng. adj., nńg; lùn.
limpid, chheng; chheng-chẽng.
line, to draw a, ue̍h. of book, hâng; tsūe; tiâu. dividing-lines. jī-keh. to make such, phah-jī-keh; ūe-jī-keh. you are reading the wrong line, lṳ́ thóiⁿ-tāⁿ-hâng; lṳ́ thóiⁿ-tāⁿ-tsūe. carpenter's ink-line, ba̍k-táu-sîn. to strike it, tōaⁿ-sîn. lines on the palm of the hand, chhiú-tói-hûn.
line, a coat, chhiam-lí. lining, lí. lined coat, koih-niûⁿ.
lineage, lâi-le̍h; tso̍k-phóu (genealogical record).
linen, tiũ; tiũ-pòu; mûaⁿ-pòu. yarn, tiũ-sùaⁿ; tsòi.
linger, tam-tûa; chhî-mān; thû-mān; thiû-thû; in-tîⁿ.
linguist, thong-sṳ̄; hûe-ūe.
link, liēn-hûan; liēn-khou; sang-lau-khou. linked together, siang-liên-hûan; sang-lau-hûan.
linseed, mûaⁿ-chí; iû-mûaⁿ-chí.
lint, pòu-zông.
lintel, mn̂g-bâi.
lion, sai.
lip, tûn; tshùi-tûn; tshùi-lîm-phûe; tshùi-lîm-tûn. bite the lips slightly, kam-tûn.
liquify, iêⁿ; siau-iêⁿ.
liquor, tsúi; thng. spirituous, chiú.
lisp, tōa-chi̍h.
list, tiâu-ma̍k; hùe-liāu-toaⁿ; tshâi-liāu-toaⁿ; tsa̍p-mue̍h-toaⁿ; ma̍k-lo̍k. to check by a, kiám-tiám.
listen, thiaⁿ. secretly, àm-chẽⁿ-thiaⁿ; thàm-thiaⁿ; thau-thiaⁿ; tá-thèng. attentively, ēng-sim lâi-thiaⁿ; sié-sim-thiaⁿ; kṳ́n-sim-thiaⁿ; tsṳ́-sòi-thiaⁿ; tsuan-sim-thiaⁿ. to advice, thiaⁿ--nâng khǹg-kòi; thiaⁿ-tshông.
listless, bô-cheng-sîn; phî; phî-kũan; phî-khùn; phî-tõaⁿ.
literal, chiè-jī-mĩn.
literati, tha̍k-tsṳ-nâng.
literary, ũ-ha̍k-mn̄g. composition, bûn-chieⁿ. degree, kong-miâⁿ. character of a place, bûn-hong. graduate, bûn-o̍h; bûn-siù-tsâi.
literature, ha̍k-bûn (scholarship). ancient, kóu-bûn. modern, sî-bûn. god of, bûn-chhiang.
litharge, bi̍t-thôu-cheng.
litigate, phah-kuaⁿ-si; sie-kò.
litter, iâng-kiē.
