lớp
Vietnamese
Etymology
Likely related to lợp (“to roof”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləːp̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ləːp̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ləːp̚˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Noun
- a layer (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- Phủ một lớp bơ lên miếng bánh mì nướng.
- Spread a layer of butter on that slice of toast.
- 18th century, Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨) (circa 1705–1745) (original Chinese), translated by Đoàn Thị Điểm (段氏點) (1705–1746/1748) (traditionally claimed), might actually be translated by Phan Huy Ích (潘輝益) (1751–1822), Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲), lines 143-144:
- 𦼔𣛟𱥯笠終扃
𨄹𡑝𠬠𨀈𤾓情艮魚- Rêu xanh mấy lớp chung quanh,
Dạo sân một bước, trăm tình ngẩn ngơ. - With patches of green moss around me,
Each step I take in the courtyard, hundred thoughts swirl in my heart.
- Rêu xanh mấy lớp chung quanh,
- grade; school year
- Em học lớp năm.
- I'm a fifth grader. / I'm a fifth-grade student. / I'm in fifth grade.
- (education) a class (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher)
- Mấy đứa con trai lớp A quậy lắm!
- The boys in class A are really mischievous!
- (taxonomy) a class
- lớp Thú / lớp Có Vú ― Mammalia
- (theater) an act
- Lớp 1, Cảnh 1 ― Act 1, Scene 1
- (literary) a generation
- lớp trẻ ― younger generations
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