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dầu hoả

Pronunciation Northern /zə̤w˨˩ hwa̰ː˧˩˧/ Central /jəw˧˧ hwaː˧˩˨/ Southern /jəw˨˩ hwaː˨˩˦/
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kerosene
Noun
kerosene

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
kerosene Discourse & LogicTheme

Kerosene is a flammable liquid that is commonly used as fuel for lamps, heaters, and certain types of engines.

vi Ông tôi đổ thêm dầu hoả vào đèn để thắp sáng ban đêm.

en My grandfather poured more kerosene into the lamp to light it at night.

Parts
dầu / hoả / A compound of dầu + hoả …
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OriginA compound of dầu + hoả

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
油火
Candidates by syllable
dầu 油 hoả 火
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
đậu hoa / dầu hỏa
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Use
thủ dầu một / dầu mỏ / dầu vậy / dầu thơm …
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