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dứ

Pronunciation Northern /zɨ˧˥/ Central /jɨ̰˩˧/ Southern /jɨ˧˥/
tempt or threaten
Verb
tempt or threaten
1 senses
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
tempt or threaten Core ActionsTheme

To raise or hold something up in a way that is intended to tempt someone or to act as a warning or threat.

vi Con mèo dứ móng vuốt để đe dọa kẻ thù.

en The cat raised its claws to threaten the enemy.

Parts
唋
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
唋
Candidates by syllable
dứ 唋
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
dử / đủ / dữ / đú …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
dền dứ
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Words containing this

Common expressions

dấm dứ
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