cầu tự
Pronunciation
Northern
/kə̤w˨˩ tɨ̰ʔ˨˩/
Central
/kəw˧˧ tɨ̰˨˨/
Southern
/kəw˨˩ tɨ˨˩˨/
Listen
pray for a son
Verb
pray for a son
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
pray for a son
To perform religious or spiritual rituals to pray for a son.
vi Đôi vợ chồng trẻ đi lễ chùa để cầu tự.
en The young couple went to the temple to pray for a son.
Parts
cầu / tự / 求自
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Parts
cầu / tự / 求自
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
求自
Candidates by syllable
cầu
求
tự
自
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
cấu tứ
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Similar
cấu tứ
Use
nhu cầu / cầu nguyện / toàn cầu / cầu hôn …
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Use
nhu cầu / cầu nguyện / toàn cầu / cầu hôn …