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Meaning
3 senses · 3 meanings
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person
A word used to refer to a person, often with a negative or disrespectful nuance (e.g. kẻ trộm 'thief').
vi Những kẻ lạ mặt đang đứng trước cửa nhà tôi.
en Some strangers are standing in front of my house.
village; locality (archaic)
An old linguistic element used in naming or referring to a specific region or locality.
vi Kẻ Chợ là tên gọi cũ của Thăng Long.
en Kẻ Chợ is an old name for Thăng Long.
draw a line
To use a tool to make a straight line on a surface.
vi Em bé đang dùng thước để kẻ một đường thẳng.
en The child is using a ruler to draw a straight line.