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Lac Chinese

Lai 赖, 賴 Chinese
From Chinese 赖 (lài) meaning "rely", also referring to the ancient state of Lai that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Lan 蓝, 藍 Chinese
From Chinese 蓝 (lán) referring to a place called Lantian that existed in what is now Shaanxi province.

Lang 郎 Chinese

Lánzé 蓝泽, 藍澤 Chinese
From Chinese 蓝, 藍 (lán) meaning "blue" combined with 澤, 泽 (zé) meaning "lake, swamp".

Lao Chinese

Lauw 刘, 劉 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Liu based on Dutch orthography.

Law 罗, 羅 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Luo.

Lei 雷 Chinese
From Chinese 雷 (léi) meaning "thunder".

Leng 冷 Chinese
From Chinese 冷 (lěng), which was probably derived from 泠伦 (línglún), an ancient title used by court officials in charge of music.

Lew 刘 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liu.

Lian 连, 連 Chinese
From Chinese 连 (lián) meaning "link, join, connect".

Lie 李 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Li 1.

Liem 林 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Lin chiefly used in Indonesia.

Lien 林 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Lin.

Lien 连, 連 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 连 (see Lian).

Lieng Chinese

Liew 刘 Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Liu.

Lijin Chinese

Lilu Taiwanese

Ling 凌 Chinese
From Chinese 凌 (líng) meaning "ice", originally used as an occupational name for a palace official who was in charge of storing and handling ice.

Ling 林 Chinese (Min Dong)
Min Dong romanization of Lin.

Lio Chinese

Liong 梁 Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Liang chiefly used in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Liu 柳 Chinese

Liu 廖 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Liao.

Liuh 廖 Chinese (Cantonese)
Variant transcription of Chinese (Cantonese) 廖 (see Liu 3).

Long 龍, 龙 Chinese
From Chinese 龍 (lóng) meaning "dragon".

Loo 罗, 羅 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Luo.

Lou 娄, 婁 Chinese
From Chinese 娄 (lóu) referring to the 16th constellation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy. It may also refer to the ancient state of Zhu Lou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province, or the ancient fief of Lou, which existed in the ancient state of Chu in present-day Shandong province.

Lou 楼, 樓 Chinese
From Chinese 楼 (lóu) meaning "storey, level, building".

Low 刘, 劉 Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Romanization of Liu chiefly used in Malaysia and Singapore.

Lu 陆, 陸 Chinese
From Chinese 陆 (lù) referring to the ancient territory of Lu, which existed in the state of Qi in what is now Shandong province. Alternately, it may be from 陸渾 (Lù Hún), the name of an ancient nomadic tribe that established a state in the area that is now Henan province.

Lu 鲁, 魯 Chinese
From Chinese 鲁 (lǔ) referring to the ancient state of Lu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Lu 路 Chinese

Luan 栾 Chinese

Lui 雷 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lei.

Lui 吕, 呂 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lu 1.

Lum 林 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lin.

Lung 龙, 龍 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Long.

Luong 龍 Chinese (Cantonese)

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