chong
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨawŋ˧˧/
Central
/ʨawŋ˧˥/
Southern
/ʨawŋ˧˧/
keep lit
Verb
keep lit
3 senses
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to keep alight
Core Actions
To maintain a lamp or fire so that it continues to burn without going out.
vi Hãy chong ngọn nến này để căn phòng luôn sáng.
en Keep this candle lit so the room stays bright.
Sense 2
Verb
to keep eyes open
To keep one's eyes wide open and gaze steadily at a specific point or object.
vi Cậu bé cứ chong mắt nhìn vào món đồ chơi.
en The boy kept staring at the toy with his eyes wide open.
Sense 3
Verb
to focus on
To direct all of one's attention or mental effort toward a particular goal or task.
vi Cô ấy chong lòng vào việc hoàn thành dự án.
en She focused all her heart on finishing the project.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢴋
Candidates by syllable
chong
𢴋（𤍑）
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.