cạn lời
Pronunciation
Northern
/ka̰ːʔn˨˩ lə̤ːj˨˩/
Central
/ka̰ːŋ˨˨ ləːj˧˧/
Southern
/kaːŋ˨˩˨ ləːj˨˩/
Listen
speechless
Verb
speechless
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
speechless Feelings, Appearance & Personality
Emotions
Having absolutely nothing left to say, often due to surprise, shock, or exhaustion.
vi Tôi hoàn toàn cạn lời trước hành động của anh ta.
en I am completely speechless at his actions.
Parts
cạn / lời / A compound of cạn + lời …
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Parts
cạn / lời / A compound of cạn + lời …
OriginA compound of cạn + lời
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣴓唎
Candidates by syllable
cạn
𣴓
lời
唎（𠳒 / 𢈱）
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
cạn / cạn kiệt / cạn tàu ráo máng / cạn chén …
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Similar
cạn / cạn kiệt / cạn tàu ráo máng / cạn chén …
Use
mắc cạn / vượt cạn / thuận vợ thuận chồng, tát biển đông cũng cạn / nông cạn …
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Use
mắc cạn / vượt cạn / thuận vợ thuận chồng, tát biển đông cũng cạn / nông cạn …