gầy yếu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɣə̤j˨˩ iəw˧˥/
Central
/ɣəj˧˧ iə̰w˩˧/
Southern
/ɣəj˨˩ iəw˧˥/
Listen
skinny and frail
Adjective
skinny and frail
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2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
skinny and frail Body & Physical Features
Health, Diet & Medical Care
Describing a body that has very little fat and lacks physical strength.
vi Cơ thể ông lão rất gầy yếu.
en The old man's body is very skinny and frail.
Parts
gầy / yếu / A compound of gầy + yếu …
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Parts
gầy / yếu / A compound of gầy + yếu …
OriginA compound of gầy + yếu
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𤻓要
Candidates by syllable
gầy
𤻓（𤼞）
yếu
要
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
khoẻo / gầy dựng / gầy / gầy còm …
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Similar
khoẻo / gầy dựng / gầy / gầy còm …
Use
gầy nhom / gầy gò / gầy guộc / than gầy …
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Use
gầy nhom / gầy gò / gầy guộc / than gầy …