hung thủ
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/huŋ˧˧ tʰṵ˧˩˧/
Central
/huŋ˧˥ tʰu˧˩˨/
Southern
/huŋ˧˧ tʰu˨˩˦/
culprit
Noun
culprit
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
culprit Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
A person who has directly committed a crime or a murder.
vi Cảnh sát đã bắt được hung thủ của vụ án.
en The police caught the culprit of the case.
Parts
hung / thủ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 兇手 …
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Parts
hung / thủ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 兇手 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 兇手
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
兇手
Candidates by syllable
hung
凶（兇 / 匈 / 恟）
thủ
首
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.
Similar
hứng thú / sát nhân / culprit
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Similar
hứng thú / sát nhân / culprit
Use
hung bạo / hung hãn / hung hung / hành hung …
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Use
hung bạo / hung hãn / hung hung / hành hung …