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cà cuống

Pronunciation Northern /ka̤ː˨˩ kuəŋ˧˥/ Central /kaː˧˧ kuəŋ˩˧/ Southern /kaː˨˩ kuəŋ˧˥/
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giant water bug
Noun
giant water bug

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
giant water bug Discourse & LogicTheme

A giant water bug is a large aquatic insect often used as a flavoring in Southeast Asian cooking.

vi Cà cuống được dùng để làm tăng hương vị cho bát nước chấm.

en The giant water bug is used to enhance the flavor of the dipping sauce.

Parts
cà / cuống / 袈𧋵
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
袈𧋵
Candidates by syllable
cà 袈(鎶 / 𣘁) cuống 𧋵(𨁨)
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
luống cuống / giant water bug
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Use
cà cuống chết đến đít còn cay / cà phê / cà chua / cà rốt …
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