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hồ lô

Pronunciation Northern /ho̤˨˩ lo˧˧/ Central /ho˧˧ lo˧˥/ Southern /ho˨˩ lo˧˧/
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gourd bottle
Noun
gourd bottle

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
gourd bottle Kitchenware & ToolsTheme KitchenwareTag

A bottle shaped like the number eight, traditionally used to store medicine, water, or rice alcohol.

vi Ông lão treo một chiếc hồ lô bên hông.

en The old man hung a gourd bottle on his side.

Parts
hồ / lô / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 葫蘆 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 葫蘆

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
葫蘆
Candidates by syllable
hồ 湖 lô 爐
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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hồ lơ
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Use
bầu hồ lô / đồng hồ / hồ sơ / hồ tiêu …
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