cũ mèm
Pronunciation
Northern
/kuʔu˧˥ mɛ̤m˨˩/
Central
/ku˧˩˨ mɛm˧˧/
Southern
/ku˨˩˦ mɛm˨˩/
Listen
very old
Adjective
very old
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
very old
Extremely old and worn out to the point that it should have been discarded or replaced long ago.
vi Đôi giày này đã cũ mèm rồi.
en These shoes are very old now.
Parts
cũ / mèm / A compound of cũ + mèm …
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Parts
cũ / mèm / A compound of cũ + mèm …
OriginA compound of cũ + mèm
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡳰𣼺
Candidates by syllable
cũ
𡳰（𡳵 / 𡳶 / 𦼨）
mèm
𣼺
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
cũ / cũ kĩ / cũ càng / cũ kỹ …
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Similar
cũ / cũ kĩ / cũ càng / cũ kỹ …
Use
bổn cũ soạn lại / quê cũ / ngựa quen đường cũ / đạo cũ kim liên
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Use
bổn cũ soạn lại / quê cũ / ngựa quen đường cũ / đạo cũ kim liên