lái

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lái (lai², Zhuyin ㄌㄞˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 來／来.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俫.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倈／俫.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婡／𫝫.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孻／𡥧.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崃, 崍／崃.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庲／𫷬.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 律.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徕.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徟.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徠／徕.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 来.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梾.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棶／梾.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涞, 淶／涞.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猍.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琜.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筙.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箂.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莱, 萊／莱.
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逨.
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郲／𬩾.
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錸／铼, 铼.
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騋／𱅕.
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鯠／𱇭.
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶆／𱉵.
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麳.
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黧.

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

From Old Chinese 舵 (OC *lˤajʔ) (B-S) (SV: đà).

lái • (梩)

1. (vehicles) to control; to drive, to ride, to pilot, etc.

   lái xe ― to drive a car

2. (informal) to digress, to sidetrack, or to put one's own spin on

• Not to be confused with nói lái.

lái

1. steering wheel; steering control
2. (colloquial) Short for lái xe (“driver”) or lái đò (“boatman”).
3. (colloquial) used to refer to a merchant or trader

Likely from Sino-Tibetan. Compare Chinese 二 (MC ȵiɪ^H).

• nái

lái

1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) two

(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), kẹo (“five”), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), ^{(Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)}