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hậu vệ

Pronunciation Northern /hə̰ʔw˨˩ vḛʔ˨˩/ Central /hə̰w˨˨ jḛ˨˨/ Southern /həw˨˩˨ je˨˩˨/
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sports defender
Noun
sports defender

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
sports defender Sports & ExerciseTheme SportsTag

A player in sports like football who is positioned near their own goal to prevent opponents from scoring.

vi Anh ấy là một hậu vệ xuất sắc của đội bóng.

en He is an excellent sports defender for the team.

Parts
hậu / vệ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 後衛 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 後衛

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
後衛
Candidates by syllable
hậu 後 vệ 衛
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.
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khí hậu / hậu giang / hậu quả / mẫu hậu …
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