lâu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ləw˧˧/
Central
/ləw˧˥/
Southern
/ləw˧˧/
Listen
long
Adverb
long
1 senses
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adverb
long; for a long time
Time & Calendar
An adverb indicating that an action or state continues for a long time.
vi Tôi đã đợi bạn rất lâu.
en I have waited for you for a long time.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 婁
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 婁
OriginInherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
婁
Candidates by syllable
lâu
婁（髅 / 𥹰 / 𦧃）
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.
Similar
làu / lậu / lầu / lẩu …
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Similar
làu / lậu / lầu / lẩu …
Use
thổ lâu / lâu dài / chẳng bao lâu / lâu lâu …
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Use
thổ lâu / lâu dài / chẳng bao lâu / lâu lâu …