giữ lời
Pronunciation
Northern
/zɨʔɨ˧˥ lə̤ːj˨˩/
Central
/jɨ˧˩˨ ləːj˧˧/
Southern
/jɨ˨˩˦ ləːj˨˩/
Listen
keep a promise
Verb
keep a promise
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
keep a promise
To do exactly what one has promised or agreed to do for someone else.
vi Anh ấy là một người luôn giữ lời trong mọi việc.
en He is a person who always keeps his word in everything.
Parts
giữ / lời / 𡨹唎
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Parts
giữ / lời / 𡨹唎
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡨹唎
Candidates by syllable
giữ
𡨹（𢬇）
lời
唎（𠳒 / 𢈱）
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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giữ nguyên / giữ lại / giữ vững / giữ …
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giữ nguyên / giữ lại / giữ vững / giữ …
Use
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Use
bắt giữ / giữ chân / cất giữ / giữ trẻ …