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ăn đong

Pronunciation Northern /an˧˧ ɗawŋ˧˧/ Central /aŋ˧˥ ɗawŋ˧˥/ Southern /aŋ˧˧ ɗawŋ˧˧/
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live hand to mouth
Verb
live hand to mouth
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
live hand to mouth Core ActionsTheme

A verb that means to live in a hand-to-mouth manner.

vi Gia đình họ phải sống cảnh ăn đong qua ngày.

en Their family has to live in a hand-to-mouth manner every day.

Parts
ăn / đong / A compound of ăn + đong …
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Components

Components

ăn đong

OriginA compound of ăn + đong

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咹𣁲
Candidates by syllable
ăn 咹 đong 𣁲（𨒟）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
an đồng / long đong / đòng đong
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Ends with this word

long đong/đòng đong

Use
nấu ăn / thức ăn / bữa ăn / ăn uống …
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ăn (eat) — words using
đong (measure) — words using
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