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bắt chợt

Listen
catch suddenly
Verb
catch suddenly
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
catch unexpectedly Core ActionsTheme

To happen to see or notice something occurring unexpectedly without any prior preparation or expectation of the event.

vi Tôi bắt chợt nhìn thấy người bạn cũ trên phố đông.

en I unexpectedly caught sight of an old friend on the busy street.

Parts
bắt / chợt / A compound of bắt + chợt …
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Components

Components

bắt chợt

OriginA compound of bắt + chợt

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
扒眣
Candidates by syllable
bắt 扒 chợt 眣（𡂒）
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
bất chợt
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
bắt đầu / bắt giữ / bắt tay / bắt chước …
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bắt (to seize) — words using
chợt — words using
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