lời
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Vietnamese mlời.
Alternative forms
Noun
- word; utterances
- (music) words; lyrics
- lời bài hát ― song lyrics
- (music) a verse
- lời 1 ― verse 1; the first verse
Classifier
lời
- indicates utterances
- một lời hứa ― a promise
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 利 (“gains, advantage, profit, merit”, SV: lợi).
Noun
lời
Further reading
- "lời" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)