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hầu cận

Pronunciation Northern /hə̤w˨˩ kə̰ʔn˨˩/ Central /həw˧˧ kə̰ŋ˨˨/ Southern /həw˨˩ kəŋ˨˩˨/
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attend upon
Verb
attend upon
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
attend upon Core ActionsTheme

To stay near and serve or look after a person of high status or importance on a regular basis.

vi Những người lính luôn hầu cận bên đức vua.

en The soldiers always attend upon the king.

Parts
hầu / cận / 候近
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
候近
Candidates by syllable
hầu (猴 / 喉 / 𤶿 / 𧓏) cận
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
hậu cần / hầu / hầu gái / hầu tước …
Use
hầu hết / hầu như / hầu bàn / yết hầu …
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