lẻ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *lɛh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lẻ • (礼, 禮, 𥛭)

  1. odd (not divisible by two)
    số lẻ ― an odd number
    hàm số lẻ ― an odd function
  2. (informal, of a number) freakish (i.e., an irrational number or a repeating decimal)
    Không được rồi cô ơi. Em chia ra số lẻ lắm.
    It's not good ma'am. I got a very freakish result from the division.
    • 2015 August 10, olm.vn‎:
      [Đỗ Xuân Nhi:] “a mẹ mua 10 m vải, mẹ đã dùng hết 1/3 số vải đó . hỏi mẹ còn lại ? mét vải [...]”
      [Huỳnh Thị Minh Huyền:] “a)số lẻ lắm bạn ơi [...]”
      “a Mom bought 10 meters of fabric, and then she used up one third of that amount; how many meters of fabric does she have left?”
      “a) mate, a very freakish number.”
    • 2023 March 17, fqa.vn‎:
      [HTùng:] “Căn bậc 2 của 6 là bao nhiu ạ?”
      [baolinhvu15:] “√6 nếu tính ra số thì lẻ lắm bạn, tùy thuộc vào việc làm tròn đến đâu, nếu hông thì mình để là √2 x √3 đi”
      “What is the square root of 6?”
      “Mate, √6 - if calculated and enumerated - is very freakish; it depends on how far to round it off; if not, let's just leave it as √2 x √3!”
  3. (of a banknote) of a low value less than or equal to 20,000 dongs
    tiền lẻ ― change
  4. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) Signifies the “zero(s)” in numbers such as 805 and 2001.
    Synonym: linh
    một trăm lẻ ba ― 103
    hai ngàn không trăm lẻ một ― 2001

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Adverb

lẻ • (礼, 禮, 𥛭)

  1. (informal) alone rather than with other people
    Thằng khỉ! Hôm qua mày đánh lẻ hả?
    Hey bastard! Did you go without us yesterday?
  2. (of selling or buying) unwholly, for example, when buying a few cigarettes rather than a whole pack
    Antonym: sỉ
    cửa hàng bán lẻ
    a retail store
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