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cảy

Pronunciation
swollen
Adjective
swollen

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
swollen

Having become larger or rounder than usual, typically as a result of injury, illness, or fluid accumulation.

vi Cổ chân của anh ấy bị cảy do chấn thương khi đá bóng.

en His ankle is swollen due to an injury while playing football.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𢚲
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OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢚲
Candidates by syllable
cảy 𢚲
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
cậy / cấy / cáy / cạy …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
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