láo lếu adj. insolent, impolite, impertinent; careless, unreliable
láo nháo adj. badly mixed
láo xược adj. insolent, impudent
Lào n. Laos, Laotian
lào xào v. to whisper; to rustle
lảo đảo v. to stagger, to totter
lão adj. old, aged, elderly (= già): tiền dưỡng lão old-age pension; Nguyệt lão the God of Marriages
lão ấu n. old and young: nam phụ lão ấu men and women, young and old, everyone
lão bộc n. old servant
lão giáo n. Taoism
lão luyện adj. experienced, skilled
lão mẫu n. old mother
lão thành adj. old and experienced
Lão Tử n. Lao Tze
lạo xạo adj. scratching
lạp xường n. Chinese sausage
lát 1 adj. short, instant, moment (= chốc): lát nữa in a moment; chốc lát, giây lát short moment 2 v. to pave, to cover [road, floor]: lát gạch sàn nhà to cover the floor with tiles
lạt 1 n. bamboo string: dùng lạt để buộc bánh chưng to use bamboo strings to tie sticky rice cakes 2 adj. (= nhạt) to be watery, insipid, flat, not sweet enough [opp. ngọt]; not salted [opp. mặn]
lạt lẽo adj. (= nhạt nhẽo) watery, insipid, tasteless; light; cold, cool, indifferent
Lạt ma n. Lama: Ðạt lai Lạt ma Dalai Lama
lau 1 v. to wipe, to clean, to mop: giẻ lau dust cloth, rag; khăn lau towel, rag; khăn lau bát dish towel; khăn lau mặt washcloth, towel 2 n. reed, arundinaceous cane
lau chùi v. to dust [with a cloth], to clean
lau dầu v. to lubricate, to clean
lau nhau v. [of children] to swarm
láu adj. [of child] smart, clever
láu lỉnh adj. mischievous, roguish; sharp, smart, clever
láu táu v. to act or to talk fast and thoughtlessly
làu nhàu v. to grumble, to complain
lay v. to shake, to push: không lay chuyển unshakable; lung lay to move, to budge
láy v. to repeat
lạy v. to bow low; to kowtow, to prostrate oneself before; to pray; to greet with a kowtow
lắc v. to shake with side-to-side motions: lắc đầu to shake one’s head; lúc lắc to move, to sway
lắc chuông v. to ring a bell
lắc đầu v. to shake one’s head
lắc la lắc lư v. See lắc lư
lắc lư v. to swing, to sway, to rock
lăm num. five [when preceded by a numeral in the ten]: mười lăm fifteen; hai mươi lăm twenty five
lăm lăm v. to keep [weapon] ready
lăm le v. to be eager to, to want very much to [get something]
lắm adj., adv. much or many, plenty of; very much
lắm điều adj. talkative, gossipy, quarrelsome
lắm kẻ n. many people
lắm khi adj. many times
lắm lúc adj. many times
lắm mồm adj. talkative, gossipy, quarrelsome
lắm phen adj. many times
lăn v. to roll: lăn bánh xe to roll a tire
lăn chiêng v. to fall flat
lăn đùng v. to fall, to collapse; to drop dead
lăn kềnh v. to fall flat
lăn lóc v. to have/experience hardships; to lie around, to wallow
lăn long lóc v. to roll about
lăn lộn v. to have/experience hardships; to lie around
lăn tay v. to take fingerprints
lăn tăn v. to drizzle
lăn xả v. to hurl oneself at, to fling oneself at, to throw oneself into [vào]
lằn n. wale, streak
lặn v. to be under the water, to dive, to set
lặn lội v. to travel up hill and down dale; to go through a lot of trouble
lăng n. royal tomb
lăng kính n. prism
lăng loàn adj. [of woman] pert, saucy
lăng mạ v. to insult
lăng nhăng adj. purposeless, thoughtless; irresponsible; flirtatious
lăng nhục v. to insult
lăng quăng v. to run around
lăng tẩm n. imperial tomb
lăng trụ n. prism: khối lăng trụ thẳng right prism; khối lăng trụ xiên oblique/slanting prism
lăng xăng v. to bustle, to act as a busybody, to be an eager beaver
lắng 1 v. to lend [an ear]; to try to listen: lắng nghe to listen closely 2 v. to settle, to abate
lằng nhằng v. to drag; to be confused
lẳng adj. flirtatious
lẳng lơ adj. flirtatious, sexy
lẳng lặng v. See lặng
lẵng n. a handled basket: mua một lẵng hoa to buy a handled-basket of flowers
lặng adj. silent, quiet: im/yên lặng quiet
lặng lẽ adv. silently, in silence, quietly
lắp v. (= ráp) to assemble, to join, to put together [opp. tháo]; to load [bullet đạn]: lắp đạn vào súng to load bullets into a gun; xưởng lắp xe đạp bicycle assembly plant; lắp mộng to mortise, to dovetail
lắp bắp v. to stutter, to stammer
lắt léo v., adj. winding; to be delicate, involved
lắt nhắt adj. tiny, minute
lặt vặt adj. miscellaneous, sundry
lấc cấc adj. rude, impolite, impertinent
lâm v. to get into, to be hit by: lâm vào cảnh nghèo khổ to get into a poor, hardup situation
lâm bệnh v. to fall sick, to be taken ill
lâm bồn n. childbirth
lâm chung v. to be about to die
lâm học n. forestry
lâm luỵ adj. involved, implicated
lâm ly adj. moving, doleful
lâm nguy v. to be in danger
lâm sản n. forest products
lâm thời adj. provisional, temporary, interim: quản đốc lâm thời the interim manager
lâm trận v. to be in action, to be in combat
lâm tuyền n. solitude among the forests
lấm v. to be soiled, to stain with: chân