cải lương
Pronunciation
Northern
/ka̰ːj˧˩˧ lɨəŋ˧˧/
Central
/kaːj˧˩˨ lɨəŋ˧˥/
Southern
/kaːj˨˩˦ lɨəŋ˧˧/
Listen
reform
Noun
reform
3 senses
2 Components
Meaning
3 senses
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Meaning
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
reform
Discourse & Logic
Reform or improvement to make something better; an old Sino-Vietnamese sense.
vi Công cuộc cải lương xã hội gặp nhiều khó khăn.
en The effort to reform society faced many difficulties.
Sense 2
Noun
reformed theater
This is a form of folk musical theater that originated from the southern region of Vietnam.
vi Ông nội tôi rất thích nghe hát cải lương mỗi tối.
en My grandfather loves listening to cải lương every evening.
Verb
Sense 3
Verb
to improve
To reform or improve something; an old Sino-Vietnamese sense.
vi Họ muốn cải lương phong tục cũ.
en They wanted to reform old customs.
Parts
cải / lương / 改良
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Parts
cải / lương / 改良
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
改良
Candidates by syllable
cải
改
lương
糧（良 / 梁 / 涼）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
cải thiện / cải biên / cải tiến / cải chính …
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Use
cải thiện / cải biên / cải tiến / cải chính …