mánh lới

Vietnamese

Etymology

mánh (“trick”) +‎ lới, the second element is a fossilized morpheme.

It might be the same element seen in ngãi lới, which is an obsolete reading of Chinese 理 (MC liX).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [majŋ̟˧˦ ləːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛɲ˦˧˥ ləːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [man˦˥ ləːj˦˥]

Noun

mánh lới

  1. trickery
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