ăn đong
Pronunciation
Northern
/an˧˧ ɗawŋ˧˧/
Central
/aŋ˧˥ ɗawŋ˧˥/
Southern
/aŋ˧˧ ɗawŋ˧˧/
Listen
live hand to mouth
Verb
live hand to mouth
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
live hand to mouth
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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Parts
ăn / đong / A compound of 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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Similar
an đồng / long đong / đòng đong
Use
nấu ăn / thức ăn / bữa ăn / ăn uống …
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Use
nấu ăn / thức ăn / bữa ăn / ăn uống …