lấy

See also: lay, Lay, láy, lẫy, and laþ

Vietnamese

From Proto-Vietic *leːʔ / -leːʔ (“to take”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *liʔ (“to take”). Cognate with Muong Bi lễ, Tho [Cuối Chăm] leː⁴, U lè, Riang leʔ².

lấy • (𥙩, 礼, 󰭼, 󲂤)

to take, to seize
lấy sách ra đọc ― to bring out one's book to read
to receive, to obtain, to accept
Dượng cho lì xì thì lấy đi.
Your uncle-in-law wants to give you lucky money, you should take it.
to wed, to marry (someone)
lấy chồng ― to get a husband

lấy vợ ― to get a wife

Tôi chưa nghĩ đến chuyện lấy vợ.
I'm not thinking about getting married yet.

Tổng thống duy nhất chưa bao giờ lấy vợ: James Buchanan.
The only president who was never married: James Buchanan.
to charge
to pull, to withdraw
to steal
to adjust
placed after verbs to indicate “to act by, to, or for oneself”