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cưu

Pronunciation Northern /kiw˧˧/ Central /kɨw˧˥/ Southern /kɨw˧˧/
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shelter
Verb
shelter

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
shelter

To shelter, care for, or help someone in need (mostly used in "cưu mang").

Parts
鳩
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鳩
Candidates by syllable
cưu 鳩
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
cựu / cừu / cứu / cưu mang …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

cưu mang/cưu dạ

Use
dương cưu / cưu ma / ban cưu / mạnh đức tư cưu
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Words containing this

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