kêu ca
Pronunciation
Northern
/kew˧˧ kaː˧˧/
Central
/kew˧˥ kaː˧˥/
Southern
/kew˧˧ kaː˧˧/
Listen
complain
Verb
complain
1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
complain
Core Actions
To complain means to express dissatisfaction or to grumble about something that is considered annoying or unfair.
vi Anh ấy luôn kêu ca về thời tiết nóng bức.
en He is always complaining about the hot weather.
Parts
kêu / ca / A compound of kêu + ca …
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Parts
kêu / ca / A compound of kêu + ca …
OriginA compound of kêu + ca
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡆌哥
Candidates by syllable
kêu
𡆌
ca
哥（歌 / 𣖚）
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
phàn nàn / than phiền / than vãn / cằn nhằn …
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Similar
phàn nàn / than phiền / than vãn / cằn nhằn …
Use
kêu la / kêu nài / kêu van / kêu gào …
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Use
kêu la / kêu nài / kêu van / kêu gào …