lạc

See also: lac, lać, lâc, lắc, Lạc, -lac, and Appendix:Variations of "lac"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 落 (“to fall; to lose; to stray; lost”). For the "groundnut" sense, compare Chinese 落花生 (luòhuāshēng, “groundnut”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨]
• Homophone: Lạc

Adjective

lạc

1. lost

Derived terms

Derived terms

• lạc đường
• lạc lõng (từ láy)
• lạc lối

 

Noun

(classifier củ) lạc

1. (Northern Vietnam) peanut, groundnut

Synonyms

• (peanut): đậu lạc, đậu phộng, đậu phụng

Verb

lạc

1. stray
2. lose