chấy
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨəj˧˥/
Central
/ʨə̰j˩˧/
Southern
/ʨəj˧˥/
head louse
2 senses
Noun
head louse
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
head louse
Core Actions
A head louse is a small parasitic insect that lives on the human scalp and feeds on blood, causing itching.
vi Đứa trẻ bị ngứa đầu vì có chấy.
en The child has an itchy head because of a head louse.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to fry and ground
This verb describes a cooking method where prawns are fried and then ground into small pieces to be used as food.
vi Mẹ tôi đang chấy tôm để làm ruốc.
en My mother is frying and grinding prawns to make food.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蛭
Candidates by syllable
chấy
蛭（𧋺）
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.