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khập khiễng

Pronunciation Northern /xə̰ʔp˨˩ xiəʔəŋ˧˥/ Central /kʰə̰p˨˨ kʰiəŋ˧˩˨/ Southern /kʰəp˨˩˨ kʰiəŋ˨˩˦/
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uneven legs
Adjective
uneven legs
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Meaning
4 senses

Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
uneven legs Properties & StatesTheme

Describing something that has legs of different lengths and cannot stand or walk evenly.

vi Chiếc ghế này bị khập khiễng.

en This chair has uneven legs.

Sense 2 Adjective
uneven

Not even or straight because the legs have different lengths for some reason.

vi Cái bàn này bị khập khiễng do một chân bị ngắn.

en This table is uneven because one leg is short.

Sense 3 Adjective
contrived

Prepared in a way that is forced and not at all natural or valid.

vi Cách giải quyết này có vẻ khập khiễng và không tự nhiên.

en This solution seems contrived and unnatural.

Adverb

Sense 4 Adverb
unevenly

Walking or moving in an uneven way because the legs are of different lengths.

vi Anh ấy đi lại khập khiễng sau khi bị đau chân.

en He walks unevenly after hurting his leg.

Parts
khiễng / 𨂖𨇀
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𨂖𨇀
Candidates by syllable
khập 𨂖 khiễng 𨇀
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.
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