lỡ lời
Pronunciation
Northern
/ləʔə˧˥ lə̤ːj˨˩/
Central
/ləː˧˩˨ ləːj˧˧/
Southern
/ləː˨˩˦ ləːj˨˩/
Listen
slip of the tongue
Verb
slip of the tongue
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
slip of the tongue
A slip of the tongue is an accidental mistake in speaking where a person says something they did not intend to say.
vi Tôi rất hối hận vì đã lỡ lời trong cuộc họp hôm qua.
en I regret having a slip of the tongue during yesterday's meeting.
Parts
lỡ / lời / 𢙲唎
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Parts
lỡ / lời / 𢙲唎
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢙲唎
Candidates by syllable
lỡ
𢙲
lời
唎（𠳒 / 𢈱）
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
lỡ / lỡ tay / lỡ bước / lỡ cơ …
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Similar
lỡ / lỡ tay / lỡ bước / lỡ cơ …
Use
bỏ lỡ / thất cơ lỡ vận / lỡ làng / lỡ đường …
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Use
bỏ lỡ / thất cơ lỡ vận / lỡ làng / lỡ đường …