giếng
Pronunciation
Northern
/zəŋ˧˥/
Central
/jə̰ŋ˩˧/
Southern
/jəŋ˧˥/
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water well
Noun
water well
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
water well Weather, Landforms, Environment & Disasters
Places, Buildings & Public Services
A hole dug deep into the ground to obtain underground water.
vi Gia đình tôi vẫn sử dụng nước từ giếng đào sau nhà.
en My family still uses water from the well dug behind the house.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 汫
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 汫
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
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Representative candidate
汫
Candidates by syllable
giếng
汫（𠄺）
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
giềng / giếng dầu / giếng trời / giếng khoan …
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Similar
giềng / giếng dầu / giếng trời / giếng khoan …
Use
ếch ngồi đáy giếng / nước sông không phạm nước giếng / giếng khơi / đáy giếng thang lầu …
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Use
ếch ngồi đáy giếng / nước sông không phạm nước giếng / giếng khơi / đáy giếng thang lầu …