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khai tử

Pronunciation Northern /xaːj˧˧ tɨ̰˧˩˧/ Central /kʰaːj˧˥ tɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦/
Listen
to declare death
Verb
to declare death
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to declare death Core ActionsTheme

To officially announce or register the fact that a person has died.

vi Gia đình đã đi khai tử cho người quá cố.

en The family went to officially declare the death of the deceased.

Sense 2 Verb
discontinue

To permanently stop making or supporting a specific product or service.

vi Hãng đã quyết định khai tử dòng điện thoại này.

en The company decided to discontinue this phone line.

Parts
khai / tử / 開死
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
開死
Candidates by syllable
khai 開 tử 子
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
giấy khai tử / triển khai / khai thác / công khai …
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