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to wedge
Verb
to wedge
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Sense 1 Verb
to wedge Core ActionsTheme

To fix something firmly in place by inserting a small object into a narrow gap.

vi Ông ấy chêm một mảnh gỗ vào khe cửa.

en He wedged a piece of wood into the door gap.

Sense 2 Verb
to interject

To say something suddenly as an interruption or an addition to a conversation in progress.

vi Anh ta thường chêm vào câu chuyện của tôi.

en He often interjects into my story.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
拈
Candidates by syllable
chêm 拈
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.
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