lên lão
Pronunciation
Northern
/len˧˧ laʔaw˧˥/
Central
/len˧˥ laːw˧˩˨/
Southern
/ləːŋ˧˧ laːw˨˩˦/
Listen
become an elder
Verb
become an elder
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
become an elder Core Actions
To reach a certain old age and be recognized as an elder in a community.
vi Cụ ông trong làng vừa mới làm lễ lên lão vào năm nay.
en The old man in the village has just become an elder this year.
Parts
lên / lão / 𨖲老
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Parts
lên / lão / 𨖲老
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𨖲老
Candidates by syllable
lên
𨖲
lão
老
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
trưởng lão / nguyệt lão / ông lão / hương lão …
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Similar
trưởng lão / nguyệt lão / ông lão / hương lão …
Use
tiến lên / lên men / lên đỉnh / lên đường …
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Use
tiến lên / lên men / lên đỉnh / lên đường …