láo
Pronunciation
Northern
/laːw˧˥/
Central
/la̰ːw˩˧/
Southern
/laːw˧˥/
lie; deceive
3 senses
Verb
lie; deceive
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
lie; deceive
Properties & States
To say something that is not true in order to trick another person.
vi Đừng có nói láo với tôi.
en Do not lie to me.
Adjective
Sense 2
Adjective
insolent
Showing a lack of respect for someone who is older or in authority.
vi Cậu bé đó có thái độ rất láo.
en That boy has a very insolent attitude.
Sense 3
Adjective
untruthful
Describing a person or statement that is consistently untruthful or likely to lie.
vi Một kẻ láo xược như hắn thì không ai tin được.
en Nobody can trust an untruthful person like him.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咾
Candidates by syllable
láo
咾
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.