lớp

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lớp. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lớp, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lớp in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lớp you have here. The definition of the word lớp will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflớp, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: lop, löp, løp, and lốp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Likely related to lợp (to roof).

Pronunciation

Noun

lớp (, , , , 𧙀)

  1. 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) [The Song of a Soldier's Wife], lines 143-144:
      𦼔𣛟𱥯終扃
      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.
  2. grade; school year
    Em học lớp năm.
    I'm a fifth grader. / I'm a fifth-grade student. / I'm in fifth grade.
    • c. 1940s, Evgeny Schwartz, Первоклассница – Как Маруся первый раз пошла в школу [The First Grader – How Marusya Went to School for the First Time]; Vietnamese translation by Khánh Như (Lê Khánh Căn), transl., Ma-rút-xi-a đi học, 1959, pages 47-48:
      Lớp một ơi, lớp một!
      Đón em vào năm trước;
      Năm nay lên lớp hai,
      Gửi lời chào, tiến bước!
      Pervyj klass! V pervyj raz!
      God nazad ty prinjal nas.
      Perešli my vo vtoroj
      I proščajemsja s toboj.
      First grade, o first grade!
      You welcomed us last year;
      This year we're going to second grade,
      We bid you farewell, on our way forward!
  3. (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!
  4. (taxonomy) a class
    lớp Thú / lớp Có VúMammalia
  5. (theater) an act
    Lớp 1, Cảnh 1Act 1, Scene 1
  6. (literary) a generation
    lớp trẻyounger generations

See also

Derived terms