đen thui
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɗɛn˧˧ tʰuj˧˧/
Central
/ɗɛŋ˧˥ tʰuj˧˥/
Southern
/ɗɛŋ˧˧ tʰuj˧˧/
Listen
pitch black
Adjective
pitch black
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Meaning
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Adjective
pitch black Descriptive Properties, States & Register Forms
Extremely black in color, often used in a negative or derogatory sense.
vi Đôi tay cậu ấy bám đầy dầu mỡ đen thui.
en His hands were pitch black with grease.
Parts
đen / thui / A compound of đen + thui …
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Parts
đen / thui / A compound of đen + thui …
OriginA compound of đen + thui
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𪓇涞
Candidates by syllable
đen
𪓇
thui
涞（熣 / 𤏥）
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
đen thủi / đen thùi / tối thui
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Similar
đen thủi / đen thùi / tối thui
Use
bôi đen / đen tối / đen sì / đỏ đen …
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Use
bôi đen / đen tối / đen sì / đỏ đen …