lẩn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lən˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ləŋ˨˩˦]
Verb
lẩn
- to quickly hide before being seen
- 1934, Nguyễn Công Hoan, chapter X, in Lá ngọc cành vàng, Tân Dân:
- Nhưng gặp khi Nga làm hăng, thì bà lẩn mặt không dám cho nàng trông thấy.
- But if Nga was acting aggressively when she arrived, she quickly hid her face out of fear that the young girl would see her.