Li-bi
name

Libya

Li-băng
name

Lebanon

adj

Lebanese

Li-xboa
name

Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Lich-ten-xtên

Lich-ten-xtên
name

Liechtenstein

Linh
name

a unisex given name from Chinese

Linh trưởng

Linh trưởng
name

Primates

Linô
name

(Roman Catholicism) Linus

Liu-bli-an-na

Liu-bli-an-na
name

Ljubljana (the capital and largest city of Slovenia)

Liên Hợp Quốc

Liên Hợp Quốc
name

the United Nations

Liên Xô
name

Clipping of Liên bang Xô viết; the USSR; the Soviet Union

Liên bang Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Xô viết

Liên bang Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Xô viết
name

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Liên bang Nga

Liên bang Nga
name

Russian Federation

Liên bang Xô viết

Liên bang Xô viết
name

Soviet Union

Liên minh châu Âu

Liên minh châu Âu
name

European Union

Liêu Ninh
name

Liaoning (a province of China)

Liễu Hạnh

Liễu Hạnh
name

one of the The Four Immortals in Vietnamese mythology

Liễu Hạnh Công Chúa

Liễu Hạnh Công Chúa
name

Liễu Hạnh, one of the The Four Immortals in Vietnamese mythology

cup, glass (def. 2)

li dị
verb

(colloquial) to divorce

li hôn
verb

(formal) to divorce

li kì
adj

strange, fantastic

li thân
verb

(of spouses) to separate; to part; to disjoin (without divorce)

adv

(of spouses) separately; apart

li ti
adj

tiny; very small

lia
verb

to throw at an angle, to throw with a spin

lia lịa
adv

(of gestures, movements) very quickly and continuously without pause for a very short time period

lim
noun

Erythrophleum fordii

linh
adj

(informal, of a person) unexpectedly appearing as soon as you speak of them

num

(cardinal number, only in compounds, only in the tenths, ten-thousandths, etc. places) zero; oh

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 令 (“to cause someone or something to do or be something”)

linh cảm
verb

to have the feeling (that); to get a hunch (that)

noun

hunch; feeling; premonition

linh cẩu
noun

hyena (mammal)

linh cữu
noun

(formal, chiefly in obituaries or eulogies) a coffin

linh dương

linh dương
noun

antelope

linh dương hoẵng

linh dương hoẵng
noun

duiker

linh hoạt

linh hoạt
adj

flexible
agile

linh hồn
noun

soul, spirit

linh kiện

linh kiện
noun

component

linh miêu
noun

lynx

linh mục
noun

(Roman Catholicism) priest

linh ngữ
noun

(rare, found in some contemporary Buddhist texts) prison

linh thiêng

linh thiêng
adj

sacred

linh tinh
adj

petty; trivial
(colloquial) disorderly

linh vật
noun

mascot

linh đình

linh đình
adj

sumptuous; magnificent

linh địa

linh địa
noun

(Roman Catholicism) holy place; shrine (holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific figure of respect)

linh động

linh động
adj

(archaic, rare) lively; vivacious
in a way that casts aside the formalities; flexible (when dealing with matters); accommodating to the circumstances

liti
noun

lithium

livermori
noun

livermorium

liêm chính

liêm chính
adj

(rare) incorruptible; honest and upright

liêm khiết

liêm khiết
adj

honest, upright

liêm sỉ
noun

(literary) being honest and upright in one's ways and having a sense of shame

liên
verb

(only in compounds) to join, to associate, to unite

noun

(only in compounds) lotus

liên Triều

liên Triều
adj

relating to North and South Korea; inter-Korea

liên bang
noun

a federation (array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority)
a confederation (union or alliance of states or political organizations)
a union (country that is formed by a combination of states)
a commonwealth (republic)
(collective) federated states

adj

federal
federative
(Vietnam) interstate

liên can
verb

to be involved; associated
(legally) to be implicated; complicit

liên chi
noun

branch (of an organization)

liên cầu khuẩn

liên cầu khuẩn
noun

(bacteriology) streptococcus

liên danh
noun

(politics) ticket (list of candidates for an election)
(finance) joint name

verb

to cosign

liên hiệp

liên hiệp
verb

to ally; to unite; to combine; to coalesce

liên hoan
noun

celebration party; celebration; festival

liên hệ
verb

to contact, especially by phone

noun

relation between people or things; association, affiliation, relationship, etc.

liên hồi

liên hồi
verb

to keep on (doing something); to continue; to do repeatedly

liên khúc

liên khúc
noun

medley; potpourri of tunes

liên kiều

liên kiều
noun

(botany) Forsythia suspensa

liên kết

liên kết
noun

(computing) link (connection between buses or systems)
(computing) hyperlink
(chemistry) chemical bond

verb

to associate (with)
to ally (with); to join, to unite
to be linked (to)

liên luỵ

liên luỵ
verb

to involve in trouble, to implicate

liên lạc

liên lạc
verb

to connect
to communicate

liên minh
noun

union, league, alliance

liên minh cá nhân

liên minh cá nhân
noun

personal union

liên miên

liên miên
adj

continuous; uninterrupted; constant

liên quan
verb

to be related (to); to be concerned (with); to be connected (with)

liên tiếp

liên tiếp
adj

continuous; consecutive

liên tiểu bang

liên tiểu bang
adj

(chiefly Overseas Vietnamese) interstate

liên tưởng

liên tưởng
verb

to associate (something) with; to connect in ideas

liên tục

liên tục
adj

continuous

adv

continuously

liên từ
noun

(grammar) a conjunction

liên đoàn

liên đoàn
noun

all the chi đoàn of a school; the captain is called liên đoàn trưởng
(only in certain contexts) a union

liên đảng

liên đảng
noun

(politics) coalition

liên đội

liên đội
noun

all the chi đội of a school; the captain is called liên đội trưởng

liên đội trưởng

liên đội trưởng
noun

the captain of a liên đội

liếc
verb

to avert your eyes towards any direction other than forward
to whet a blade

liếm
verb

to lick (to stroke with a tongue)

liến thoắng

liến thoắng
adj

talkative, chatty, talking a lot and quickly

liếp
noun

protective panel made of woven bamboo

liềm
noun

a sickle

liền
adj

continuous; successive

adv

continuously; successively
at once; immediately

liền kề

liền kề
adj

consecutive, successive

liền tay
adv

immediately; at once

liều
noun

dose; dosage (of medicine)

verb

to risk; to run the danger (of)

liều lĩnh

liều lĩnh
adj

venturesome; reckless

liều lượng

liều lượng
noun

dose; dosage

liều mạng

liều mạng
verb

(colloquial) to risk one's life to do something; to be reckless

liễu
noun

willow

liệm
verb

to shroud (to cover a dead body with a burial shroud)

liệng
verb

to glide (in the air)

liệt
adj

paralyzed

verb

to rank

liệt dương

liệt dương
noun

erectile dysfunction

liệt giường liệt chiếu

liệt giường liệt chiếu
adj

(figuratively) bedridden

liệt kháng

liệt kháng
noun

(bệnh ~) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

liệt kê
verb

to list

liệt sĩ
noun

(formal) a war servicemember who died in the line of duty

liệu
verb

to think about; to consider; to weigh in one's mind
(only in compounds) material

liệu hồn

liệu hồn
verb

(colloquial) to watch yourself or to look over one's shoulder and avoid dangerous individuals or parties

liệu pháp

liệu pháp
noun

therapy

冷
character

chữ Hán form of lãnh (“cold; neglected”).
chữ Hán form of lạnh (“cold”).

璃
character

琉璃 lưu ly

蓮
character

(only in compounds) lotus

蔞
character

chữ Hán form of lâu (“Artemisia stelleriana”).
Nôm form of rau (“leafy greens, leaf vegetable”).

鎌
character

Nôm form of liềm (“sickle”).
Nôm form of gươm (“sword”).

鐮
character

Nôm form of liềm (“sickle”).

靈
character

spirit, soul

麗
character

chữ Hán form of li / ly.
Nôm form of rạy.