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hương lão

Pronunciation Northern /hɨəŋ˧˧ laʔaw˧˥/ Central /hɨəŋ˧˥ laːw˧˩˨/ Southern /hɨəŋ˧˧ laːw˨˩˦/
village elders
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village elders

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Meaning
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village elders

Respected older people in a village who possess significant social standing and influential authority within the local community.

vi Các bậc hương lão đang họp bàn về việc sửa sang đình làng.

en The village elders are meeting to discuss repairing the village communal house.

Parts
hương / lão / 鄉老
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chữ Nôm Source-aligned
Representative candidate
鄉老
Candidates by syllable
hương 香 lão 老
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
trưởng lão / nguyệt lão / ông lão / kính lão …
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Use
sông hương / gia hương / hồi hương / li hương …
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