kình nghê
whales
Noun
whales
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Noun
whales Discourse & Logic
A literary term used to refer generally to the large whales found in the ocean.
vi Những con kình nghê đang bơi lội giữa đại dương mênh mông.
en The whales are swimming in the middle of the vast ocean.
Parts
kình / nghê / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 鯨鯢 …
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Parts
kình / nghê / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 鯨鯢 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 鯨鯢
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
鯨鯢
Candidates by syllable
kình
鯨
nghê
倪（猊 / 鯢 / 麑 / 棿）
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kình chống / kình / kình ngư / kình địch …
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Similar
kình chống / kình / kình ngư / kình địch …
Use
cá hổ kình / cá kình / tiếng kình / cỡi kình …
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Use
cá hổ kình / cá kình / tiếng kình / cỡi kình …