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gông cùm

Pronunciation Northern /ɣəwŋ˧˧ kṳm˨˩/ Central /ɣəwŋ˧˥ kum˧˧/ Southern /ɣəwŋ˧˧ kum˨˩/
shackles
2 senses 2 Components
Noun
shackles
Verb
to shackle
Details
2 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
shackles Core ActionsTheme

These are metal or wooden restraints used to bind the hands or feet of a prisoner to prevent them from escaping.

vi Người tù bị xiềng xích bằng gông cùm.

en The prisoner was bound with shackles.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
to shackle

The act of putting chains or restraints on someone's hands or feet to restrict their movement or prevent escape.

vi Kẻ phạm tội bị gông cùm để không thể bỏ trốn.

en The criminal was shackled so that they could not escape.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
杠拑
Candidates by syllable
gông 杠 cùm 拑（柑 / 𣘉）
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.
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