Short for lai giống (“to crossbreed”).
(Central Vietnam) to carry (someone) on one's bicycle or motorbike pillion; to give someone a lift on the bicycle or motorbike
to tow

adj

of mixed blood; crossbred

noun

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hemline; turn-up
(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hundredth part of a tael (equal to 0.378 g)
candlenut; candleberry (Aleurites moluccanus)

lai hoá

lai hoá
noun

(chemistry) hybridization

lai láng

lai láng
adj

profuse

lai rai

lai rai
adj

bit by bit over a long time

lai thế

lai thế
noun

(uncommon) afterlife

lam

lam
adj

(uncommon) blue

noun

(architecture) louvers, blinds, shutters

lan

lan
verb

to spread; to run

noun

orchid

lan can

lan can
noun

rail; banisters

lan man

lan man
adj

(of a piece of writing) lengthy and unfocused

lan rộng

lan rộng
verb

to widely spread

lan toả

lan toả
verb

to be pervasive

lan truyền

lan truyền
verb

to spread; to propagate

lang

lang
adj

roan, piebald

lang băm

lang băm
noun

(medicine, especially alternative medicine) a quack

lang bạt

lang bạt
verb

to live a wandering life; to wander

lang chạ

lang chạ
verb

to sleep around; have affairs; be promiscuous

lang thang

lang thang
verb

to wander; to roam about

lanh

lanh
adj

fast, quick
(often used for a child) mercurial

noun

flax

lanh lẹ

lanh lẹ
adj

agile; quick

lanh lợi

lanh lợi
adj

clever; smart; quick-witted

lantan

lantan
noun

lanthanum

lao

lao
noun

(bệnh ~) (medicine) tuberculosis
harpoon; javelin; dart
jail; prison

verb

to plunge; to dart

lao lực

lao lực
verb

to make physical exertions

lao móc

lao móc
noun

harpoon

lao phổi

lao phổi
noun

(medicine) pulmonary tuberculosis

lao xao

lao xao
adj

rustle
babble

lao đao

lao đao
adj

(rare) unsteady; unstable
hard; full of hardships

lao động

lao động
verb

to toil; to labour; to do physical labour

noun

labour

lao động phổ thông

lao động phổ thông
noun

unskilled labor

lau

lau
noun

reed, arundinaceous cane

verb

to clean by wiping or rubbing with a wet cloth

lau lách

lau lách
noun

reed (tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)

lay

lay
verb

to shake

lay động

lay động
verb

to vibrate

lay ơn

lay ơn
noun

(botany) a gladiolus

廊
character

village

榔
character

betel nut tree

牢
character

chữ Hán form of lao (“prison”).
Nôm form of lao (“javelin, harpoon”).
Nôm form of Lào (“Laos”).
Nôm form of rao (“to announce”).
Nôm form of sao (“why, how”).
Nôm form of sao (“star”).
Nôm form of sau (“after”).
Nôm form of trau (“to polish”).

蘿
character

leaf

靈
character

spirit, soul

騾