cùi bắp
Pronunciation
Northern
/kṳj˨˩ ɓap˧˥/
Central
/kuj˧˧ ɓa̰p˩˧/
Southern
/kuj˨˩ ɓap˧˥/
corn cob
3 senses
2 Components
Noun
corn cob
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
corn cob
Ingredients
Food & Dishes
The central, hard part of an ear of corn on which the rows of yellow or white kernels grow.
vi Sau khi ăn hết hạt, anh ấy bỏ cùi bắp vào thùng rác.
en After eating all the kernels, he threw the corn cob into the trash.
Sense 2
Noun
useless thing or person
A slang term referring to a person or an object that is of very poor quality, unskilled, or considered useless in a situation.
vi Anh ta thật cùi bắp khi không biết sửa chiếc xe đạp này.
en He is quite useless for not knowing how to fix this bicycle.
Adjective
Sense 3
Adjective
useless
Used informally to describe something that is of low quality, poorly made, or fails to perform its intended function effectively.
vi Chiếc điện thoại cũ này thật cùi bắp vì nó thường xuyên bị tắt nguồn.
en This old phone is useless because it frequently turns off.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
㽿𣔟
Candidates by syllable
cùi
㽿（𢶟 / 𪇋 / 𪇫）
bắp
𣔟（𥟼）
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.