lái

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lái (Zhuyin ㄌㄞˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 來
2. Pinyin transcription of 俫
3. Pinyin transcription of 倈
4. Pinyin transcription of 婡
5. Pinyin transcription of 孻
6. Pinyin transcription of 崃, 崍
7. Pinyin transcription of 庲
8. Pinyin transcription of 律
9. Pinyin transcription of 徕
10. Pinyin transcription of 徟
11. Pinyin transcription of 徠
12. Pinyin transcription of 来
13. Pinyin transcription of 梾
14. Pinyin transcription of 棶
15. Pinyin transcription of 涞, 淶
16. Pinyin transcription of 猍
17. Pinyin transcription of 琜
18. Pinyin transcription of 筙
19. Pinyin transcription of 箂
20. Pinyin transcription of 莱, 萊
21. Pinyin transcription of 逨
22. Pinyin transcription of 郲
23. Pinyin transcription of 錸, 铼
24. Pinyin transcription of 騋
25. Pinyin transcription of 鯠
26. Pinyin transcription of 鶆
27. Pinyin transcription of 麳
28. Pinyin transcription of 黧

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 舵 (“rudder; helm”; SV: đà).

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

lái (梩)

1. to control (a vehicle); to drive, to ride, to pilot, etc.

   lái xe ― to drive a car

2. (informal) to digress, to sidetrack, or to put one's own spin on

• Not to be confused with nói lái.

lái

1. steering wheel; steering control
2. (colloquial) Short for lái xe (“driver”) or lái đò (“boatman”).
3. (colloquial) used to refer to a merchant or trader