and dirty
lam nham adj. bungled
laøm v. to do, to make; to work; (= haønh) to act; to be done
laøm aên v. to earn one’s living
laøm baïn v. to be a friend to; to get married to
laøm baèng v. to serve as evidence, to give evidence
laøm boä v. to be arrogant/haughty
laøm cao v. to put on airs, to play hard to get
laøm coû v. to weed; to massacre
laøm coâng v. to work [for cho]
laøm chöùng v. to be the witness
laøm daùng v. to give undue attention to dress
laøm dòu v. to abate, to ease
laøm duyeân v. to mince; to attract
laøm ñoûm v. to be coquettish
laøm giaû v. to counterfeit, to fake
laøm giaøu v. to get rich, to enrich
laøm göông v. to set an example: laøm göông cho treû con to set an example for the children
laøm hoûng v. to wreck, to foul up
laøm khaùch v. to be formal, to stand on ceremony
laøm laønh v. to make it up with
laøm leõ v. to become someone’s concubine
laøm leã v. to hold a ceremony
laøm loaïn v. to rebel, to riot; to raise hell
laøm loâng v. to pluck
laøm lô v. to ignore, to turn a blind eye to
laøm luïng v. to work
laøm ma v. to hold burial rites for
laøm mai v. to act as a matchmaker
laøm maãu v. to serve as a model
laøm ôn v. to do the favor
laøm phaùch v. to put on airs
laøm quen v. to make the acquaintance of
laøm reo v. to go on strike
laøm ruoäng v. to do farming
laøm sao adv. why, how
laøm taøng v. to behave arrogantly
laøm thinh v. to keep silent
laøm thòt v. to kill for food
laøm tieàn v. to make money
laøm toâi v. to serve as a servant
laøm trai v. to behave like a man
laøm troø v. to make fun, to perform funny antics, to clown
laøm troøn v. to fulfill
laøm vieäc v. to work, to be busy at work
laûm nhaûm v. to mumble, to rave, to talk about trifles
laïm v. to abuse [power, etc.], to do something in excess
laïm duïng v. to abuse, to take advantage of, to misuse: laïm duïng quyeàn haønh to abuse power
laïm phaùt v. to inflate, to issue too much [paper currency]
laïm quyeàn v. to abuse power
lan n. orchid, iris
lan v. [of water, fire, vegetation] to spread
lan can n. rail, parapet
lan traøn v. to spread all over, to overflow
laøn 1 n. classifier for waves on water or hair etc.: laøn khoùi trails of smoke 2 n. handbasket
lang 1 n. wolf: loøng lang daï thuù to have a wolf’s heart and a beast’s feelings 2 n. herb doctor, Vietnamese physician
lang bang v. to roam about, to be frivolous
lanh baït v. to roam around, to be an adventurer
lang baêm adj. quack
lang chaï adj., v. mixed; lewd; to sleep around
lang quaân n. [my] husband
lang thang v. to wander
lang vöôøn n. quack
langy n. Vietnamese physician
laùng adj. shiny, glossy (= boùng): saøn nhaø laùng shiny floor
laùng gieàng n. neighbor
laøng n. village, commune; circles, world: daân laøng villager
laøng chôi n. playboys; prostitutes [collectively]
laøng maïc n. village [inhabitants]
laøng nöôùc n. village [inhabitants]
laøng xoùm n. village [inhabitants], co-villagers, people, neighbors
laøng vaên n. writers [collectively]
laûng 1 v. to sneak away 2 adj. absent-minded: laûng trí absentminded
laûng tai adj. hard of hearing
laûng vaûng v. to hang around, to roam around, to loiter around
laõng du v. to roam around, to wander
laõng maïn adj. romantic
laõng phí v. to waste: laõng phí thì giôø to waste time
laõng queân v. to forget
laõng töû n. vagabond
laïng 1 n. a tael, liang [a measure of weight equivalent to 378 grams] 2 v. to slice [meat], to carve: laïng maáy laùt thòt naïc to carve a few lean slices
lanh adj. (= nhanh) fast, quick; intelligent: lanh trí intelligent
lanh laûnh adj. [of voice] piercing
