ba bị
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/ɓaː˧˧ ɓḭʔ˨˩/
Central
/ɓaː˧˥ ɓḭ˨˨/
Southern
/ɓaː˧˧ ɓi˨˩˨/
boogeyman
Noun
boogeyman
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
boogeyman
A scary imaginary character used to frighten children into behaving well.
vi Mẹ dọa bé rằng nếu không ngoan sẽ bị ba bị bắt.
en The mother tells the child the boogeyman will catch them if they do not behave well.
Parts
ba / bị / 爸被
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Parts
ba / bị / 爸被
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸被
Candidates by syllable
ba
爸
bị
被
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
hoàn bị / hơi bị / bên bị / hậu bị …
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Similar
hoàn bị / hơi bị / bên bị / hậu bị …
Use
thứ ba / tháng ba / nón ba tầm / ba mươi …
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Use
thứ ba / tháng ba / nón ba tầm / ba mươi …