loài

See also: Loai and loại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 類 (“kind; class; category”; SV: loại). Doublet of loại.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lwaːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lwaːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]

Noun

loài (爻, 类, 類, 𩑛, 𩔗)

(taxonomy) species

Derived terms

giống loài

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