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hoai

Pronunciation Northern /hwaːj˧˧/ Central /hwaːj˧˥/ Southern /hwaːj˧˧/
decompose; rot
Verb
decompose; rot

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
decompose; rot Core ActionsTheme

To undergo a natural process of breaking down or decaying into simpler organic matter over time.

vi Đống lá khô đang dần hoai đi để làm phân bón.

en The pile of dry leaves is gradually decomposing to make fertilizer.

Parts
𡅬
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡅬
Candidates by syllable
hoai 𡅬
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
phân huỷ / hủ hoá / rot
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