ô uế
Pronunciation
Northern
/o˧˧ we˧˥/
Central
/o˧˥ wḛ˩˧/
Southern
/o˧˧ we˧˥/
Listen
dirty; impure
Adjective
dirty; impure
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
dirty; impure
Describing something that is dirty, contaminated, or physically and morally impure.
vi Nguồn nước này đã bị ô uế.
en This water source has become impure.
Parts
ô / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 污穢 / 污穢
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Parts
ô / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 污穢 / 污穢
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 污穢
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
污穢
Candidates by syllable
ô
污（烏 / 嗚 / 杇）
uế
穢
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
dơ bẩn / bợn / cấu uế / tẩy uế …
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Similar
dơ bẩn / bợn / cấu uế / tẩy uế …
Use
ô tô / ô nhiễm / kim ô / ra đi ô
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Use
ô tô / ô nhiễm / kim ô / ra đi ô