lắt lay
Listen
shake weakly
Verb
shake weakly
2 senses
1 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
to flicker or sway
Core Actions
To move in a weak or unstable manner, often swaying or trembling slightly in the wind.
vi Những ngọn cỏ lắt lay trước gió chiều.
en The blades of grass swayed weakly in the evening wind.
Adverb
Sense 2
Adverb
barely surviving
Living in a manner that is full of difficulties and just barely enough to survive.
vi Họ đã sống lắt lay qua những ngày đói kém.
en They barely survived through those hungry days.
Parts
lay / 搮𢯦
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Parts
lay / 搮𢯦
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
搮𢯦
Candidates by syllable
lắt
搮
lay
𢯦
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
lắt léo / lắt mắt / lắt nhắt / lắt lẻo …
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Similar
lắt léo / lắt mắt / lắt nhắt / lắt lẻo …
Use
lay ơn / lay chuyển / lay động / lay phay
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Use
lay ơn / lay chuyển / lay động / lay phay