"lẽ" meaning in Vietnamese

See lẽ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [lɛ˦ˀ˥] [Hà-Nội], [lɛ˧˨] [Huế], [lɛ˨˩˦] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lẽ.wav [Hà-Nội] Forms: 𥙪 [CJK], 𥛭 [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||head=|tr=𥙪, 𥛭}} lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭), {{vi-adj|𥙪, 𥛭}} lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)
  1. Short for vợ lẽ (“second wife; concubine”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: vợ lẽ (extra: second wife; concubine) Derived forms: làm lẽ, lẽ mọn Coordinate_terms: vợ cả
    Sense id: en-lẽ-vi-adj-5fCcTXlR Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [lɛ˦ˀ˥] [Hà-Nội], [lɛ˧˨] [Huế], [lɛ˨˩˦] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lẽ.wav [Hà-Nội] Forms: 𨤧 [CJK], [CJK], 𠲥 [CJK]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí). Based on Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, this word was borrowed from a Sinitic form predated Middle Chinese that preserved complex onset. Etymology templates: {{der|vi|zh|理//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">lí</i>|t=reason|tr=-}} Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí), {{vi-etym-sino|理|reason|lí|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí), {{inh|vi|mkh-mvi|mlẽ}} Middle Vietnamese mlẽ Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=𨤧, 理, 𠲥}} lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥), {{vi-noun|𨤧, 理, 𠲥}} lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥)
  1. reason; rationale; argument Synonyms: nhẽ [Northern, Vietnam] Derived forms: chẳng lẽ, có lẽ, đáng lẽ, hết lẽ, lẽ nào, lẽ phải, lẽ ra, lí lẽ, lời lẽ, vỡ lẽ
    Sense id: en-lẽ-vi-noun-QtihKBb6 Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns without classifiers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for lẽ meaning in Vietnamese (4.1kB)

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        },
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        },
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        },
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    "Vietnamese terms derived from Middle Vietnamese",
    "Vietnamese terms inherited from Middle Vietnamese",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "word": "lẽ nào"
    },
    {
      "word": "lẽ phải"
    },
    {
      "word": "lẽ ra"
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      "word": "lí lẽ"
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