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The origin of "Lái Buôn" and "Lái đò"
The person who controls the boat is the owner of the boat, so the boat owner is called "ông lái". The two words "ông lái" have a broad meaning to call a merchant who did his business by boat: "lái buôn". For this reason, traders who do not transport by boat are also called drivers then: “lái lợn, lái gỗ, lái thuốc bắc”.
Besides, "lái" in "lái thuyền", "lái đò", etc., and "lái buôn", "lái lợn", "mối lái", etc. is a Vietnamese word of Chinese origin which is written with the letter 理, whose modern Sino-Vietnamese sound is "lý". “Lý” has t
In short, "lái" in "lái buôn" and "lái đò" are inherently one because, in the past, traders used to use boats to transport, so traders were called "ông lái".