lè

Etymology 1

From French l'heure

Etymology 2

Romanization

lè (Zhuyin ㄌㄜˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 乐
2. Pinyin transcription of 仂
3. Pinyin transcription of 勒
4. Pinyin transcription of 叻
5. Pinyin transcription of 哷
6. Pinyin transcription of 屰
7. Pinyin transcription of 忇
8. Pinyin transcription of 扐
9. Pinyin transcription of 捋
10. Pinyin transcription of 朵
11. Pinyin transcription of 朸
12. Pinyin transcription of 楽, 樂
13. Pinyin transcription of 氻
14. Pinyin transcription of 泐
15. Pinyin transcription of 玏
16. Pinyin transcription of 砳
17. Pinyin transcription of 竻
18. Pinyin transcription of 簕
19. Pinyin transcription of 肋
20. Pinyin transcription of 脟
21. Pinyin transcription of 艻
22. Pinyin transcription of 阞
23. Pinyin transcription of 韷
24. Pinyin transcription of 頱
25. Pinyin transcription of 鰳, 鳓
26. Pinyin transcription of 㔀

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”). See also thè.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lè (𠻗, 摛)

1. (transitive) to stick out

   lè lưỡi

   to stick out one's tongue

2. (transitive) to spit out

   Biếng ăn, cứ lè cơm ra.

   Having lost his appetite, he keeps spitting out the food.

Compounds

• lè tè

References

• "lè" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)