cầm hơi
Pronunciation
Northern
/kə̤m˨˩ həːj˧˧/
Central
/kəm˧˧ həːj˧˥/
Southern
/kəm˨˩ həːj˧˧/
Listen
to subsist
Verb
to subsist
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to subsist Core Actions
To subsist or survive feebly, barely maintaining one's life or breath.
vi Họ chỉ ăn một chút cháo để cầm hơi qua ngày.
en They only ate a little congee to subsist through the day.
Parts
cầm / hơi / 琴唏
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Parts
cầm / hơi / 琴唏
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴唏
Candidates by syllable
cầm
琴（扲 / 禽 / 𨆓）
hơi
唏
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.
Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …
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Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …