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láo

Pronunciation Northern /laːw˧˥/ Central /la̰ːw˩˧/ Southern /laːw˧˥/
Listen
lie; deceive
Verb
lie; deceive
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
lie; deceive Properties & StatesTheme

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.

Parts
咾
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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.
Similar
lào / lão / láo xược / láo nháo …
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Use
nói láo / bố láo / lơ láo / xấc láo …
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