勒 lak⁶ {lēi}

(Cantonese) 1. blackmail; extort 2. poor or needy

勒 lak⁶ {lè}

1. to rein in
2. to compel
3. to force
4. to carve
5. to engrave
6. (literary) to command
7. to lead
8. lux (unit of illumination)
9. (literary) bridle

勒 lak⁶ {lēi}

1. to strap tightly
2. to bind

勒住 lak⁶ zyu⁶ {lè zhu}

1. strangled 2. having no money

勒斃〔-毙〕 lak⁶ bai⁶ {lēi bì}

to strangle or throttle to death

勒逼 lak⁶ bik¹ {lè bī}

1. to coerce
2. to force
3. to press sb into doing sth

勒戒 lak⁶ gaai³ {lè jiè}

1. to force sb to give up (a drug)
2. to enforce abstinence
3. to break drug dependence

勒緊〔-紧〕 lak⁶ gan² {lēi jǐn}

to tighten

勒令 lak⁶ ling⁶ {lè lìng}

1. to order
2. to force

勒馬〔-马〕 lak⁶ maa⁵ {lè mǎ}

to rein in a horse

勒龐〔-庞〕 lak⁶ pong⁴ {Lè Páng}

Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician

勒殺〔-杀〕 lak⁶ saat³ {lēi shā}

to strangle

勒死 lak⁶ sei² {lēi sǐ}

to strangle

勒索 lak⁶ sok³ {lè suǒ}

1. to blackmail
2. to extort

勒脖子 lak⁶ but⁶ zi² {lēi bó zi}

1. to throttle
2. to strangle

勒勒車〔--车〕 lak⁶ lak⁶ ce¹ {lēi lēi chē}

wagon (yoked to beast of burden)

勒索罪 lak⁶ sok³ zeoi⁶ {lè suǒ zuì}

blackmail

勒威耶 lak⁶ wai¹ je⁴ {Lè wēi yē}

Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune

勒維夫〔-维-〕 lak⁶ wai⁴ fu¹ {Lè wéi fu}

Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine

勒緊褲頭〔-紧裤头〕 lak⁶ gan² fu³ tau⁴ {lēi jǐn kù tóu}

lit. to tighten one's belt, meaning to reduce unnecessary spending to save more for living expenses

勒緊褲帶〔-紧裤带〕 lak⁶ gan² fu³ daai² {lēi jǐn kù dài}

1. to tighten one's belt
2. to live more frugally

勒哈費爾〔--费尔〕 lak⁶ haa¹ fai³ ji⁵ {Lè Hā fèi ěr}

Le Havre (French town)

勒斯波斯 lak⁶ si¹ bo¹ si¹ {Lè sī bō sī}

Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)

勒維納斯〔-维纳-〕 lak⁶ wai⁴ naap⁶ si¹ {Lè wéi nà sī}

Levinas (philosopher)

勒實褲頭帶〔-实裤头带〕 lak⁶ sat⁶ fu³ tau⁴ daai² {lè shí kù tóu dài}

to save money for living

勒斯波斯島〔----岛〕 lak⁶ si¹ bo¹ si¹ dou² {Lè sī bō sī Dǎo}

Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)