dã tràng
Pronunciation
Northern
/zaʔa˧˥ ʨa̤ːŋ˨˩/
Central
/jaː˧˩˨ tʂaːŋ˧˧/
Southern
/jaː˨˩˦ tʂaːŋ˨˩/
sand bubbler crab
2 senses
2 Components
Noun
sand bubbler crab
Adjective
useless; unfruitful
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
sand bubbler crab
Animals & Pets
Animals
A type of small crab that lives on beaches and has the habit of forming small sand pellets.
vi Những con dã tràng đang vê cát trên bờ biển.
en Sand bubbler crabs are forming sand pellets on the beach.
Adjective
Sense 2
Adjective
useless; unfruitful
Describing efforts or actions that are completely useless and do not produce any successful or beneficial results.
vi Công sức của anh ấy cuối cùng cũng chỉ là dã tràng.
en His efforts were completely useless in the end.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
冶長
Candidates by syllable
dã
也（野 / 冶 / 吔）
tràng
𧛇
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.