Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flirtatious, coquettish: Describes behavior that is playfully amorous or shows a lack of proper seriousness in interactions between men and women.
   • Of loose morals, wanton: Describes a person, typically a woman, who is considered to be sexually promiscuous or lacking in moral restraint.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có ánh mắt rất lẳng lơ khi nói chuyện với anh ta. (She had a very flirtatious look in her eyes when talking to him.)
  • Người ta đồn rằng bà ta là một người đàn bà lẳng lơ. (People rumored that she was a woman of loose morals.)
  • Lời nói lẳng lơ của anh ta khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His suggestive remarks made everyone uncomfortable.)

Advanced Usage

• "tính lẳng lơ": a flirtatious or wanton nature/character.

  • Tính lẳng lơ của cô gái đó là nguyên nhân của nhiều tin đồn. (That girl's flirtatious nature is the source of many rumors.)

• "ăn nói lẳng lơ": to speak in a flirtatious or suggestive manner.

  • Anh ta thích ăn nói lẳng lơ với các nhân viên nữ. (He likes to speak flirtatiously with the female staff.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lả lơi (adj): A close synonym, often implying a more overtly seductive or brazenly flirtatious manner.

  • Cô ta đi đứng lả lơi trước mặt đàn ông. (She moves in a brazenly seductive way in front of men.)

• Lẳng (adj, less common alone): Can imply being slick, cunning, or dismissive. Often found in the compound "lẳng lơ".

  • Nó trả lời một cách lẳng lặng. (He answered in a slick/dismissive way.)

Synonyms

• Ứng cử chỉ gợi tình (adj): Suggestive in gesture and demeanor.
• Dâm đãng (adj): Lewd, lustful (stronger, more explicitly sexual and derogatory).
• Điếm đàng (adj, noun): Harlot, whorish (very strong pejorative).

Related Phrases / Idioms

(This word is typically used as a standalone adjective. Common phrases involve it directly modifying nouns or verbs, as shown in the examples above.)

• "Ra vẻ lẳng lơ": to put on a flirtatious act.
  • Cô ấy chỉ đang ra vẻ lẳng lơ để thu hút sự chú ý. (She's just putting on a flirtatious act to attract attention.)

adj

1. light; gay; immoral
   • người đàn bà lẳng lơ
     light woman; woman of immoral character