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ăn chay

Pronunciation Northern /an˧˧ ʨaj˧˧/ Central /aŋ˧˥ ʨaj˧˥/ Southern /aŋ˧˧ ʨaj˧˧/
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eat vegetarian for religion
Verb
eat vegetarian for religion

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
eat vegetarian for religion

To eat vegetarian food for religious practice according to Buddhism and certain other religions.

vi Nhiều phật tử ăn chay vào ngày rằm và mùng một hằng tháng.

en Many Buddhists eat vegetarian food on the full moon and the first day of each lunar month.

Parts
ăn / chay / 咹𡄡
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Components

Components

ăn chay
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咹𡄡
Candidates by syllable
ăn 咹 chay 𡄡（𣙮）
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
ma chay / bánh chay / làm chay
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Ends with this word

ma chay/bánh chay/làm chay

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nấu ăn / thức ăn / bữa ăn / ăn uống …
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ăn (eat) — words using
chay (vegetarian) — words using
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