huýt
Pronunciation
Northern
/hwit˧˥/
Central
/hwḭt˩˧/
Southern
/hwɨt˧˥/
Listen
whistle
Verb
whistle
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
whistle Core Actions
The act of making a high-pitched sound by blowing air through one's nearly closed lips.
vi Cậu bé huýt sáo một giai điệu vui vẻ khi đang đi bộ.
en The boy whistled a happy tune while walking.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic / 𠲣
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic / 𠲣
OriginInherited from Proto-Austroasiatic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠲣
Candidates by syllable
huýt
𠲣
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
huýt gió / huýt chó / huýt sáo
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Similar
huýt gió / huýt chó / huýt sáo
Use
tu huýt
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Use
tu huýt