mánh lới

Vietnamese

Etymology

mánh (“trick”) +‎ lới, the second element is a fossilized morpheme.

It might be the same element seen in ngãi lới, which is an obsolete reading of Chinese 理 (MC liX).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [majŋ̟˧˦ ləːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛɲ˦˧˥ ləːj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [man˦˥ ləːj˦˥]

Noun

mánh lới

1. trickery