lầm lì

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləm˨˩ li˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləm˦˩ lɪj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləm˨˩ lɪj˨˩]

Adjective

lầm lì

  1. taciturn, withdrawn
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 19, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Mỗi ngày tía nuôi tôi lại một thêm lầm lì, ít nói.
      With each day that passed, my adoptive father became a bit more withdrawn and taciturn.
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