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khẩu đầu

Pronunciation Northern /xə̰w˧˩˧ ɗə̤w˨˩/ Central /kʰəw˧˩˨ ɗəw˧˧/ Southern /kʰəw˨˩˦ ɗəw˨˩/
Listen
insincere, lip service
Verb
insincere, lip service

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
insincere, lip service

Describing words or actions that lack sincerity and are typically done only for appearance without any true feeling.

vi Những lời xin lỗi đó chỉ là khẩu đầu mà thôi.

en Those apologies are just lip service.

Parts
khẩu / đầu / 口頭
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
口頭
Candidates by syllable
khẩu 口 đầu 頭
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
khấu đầu / khẩu / khẩu độ / khẩu truyền …
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Use
mật khẩu / tâm phục khẩu phục / khai khẩu / nhập khẩu …
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