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ly

Pronunciation Northern /li˧˧/ Central /li˧˥/ Southern /li˧˧/
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glass; cup
Noun
glass; cup
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2 senses
Meaning
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
glass; cup Household Objects, Tools & MaintenanceTheme Food, Cooking & DrinksTheme

A drinking vessel, usually made of glass or plastic; a glass or cup (common in Southern Vietnam, where the North says cốc).

vi Cô ấy rót nước vào ly.

en She pours water into the glass.

Proper noun

Sense 2 Proper noun
Ly (female given name) Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

A female given name from Chinese.

vi Chị Ly là bạn thân của tôi.

en Ly is my close friend.

Parts
璃
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
璃
Candidates by syllable
ly 璃
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.
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ly tán / ly khai / ly tâm / ly hợp …
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cao câu ly / phân ly / cách ly / ly hôn …
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