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khiến

Pronunciation Northern /xiən˧˥/ Central /kʰiə̰ŋ˩˧/ Southern /kʰiəŋ˧˥/
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To cause someone or something to do something or react.

vi Tiếng nổ lớn khiến mọi người giật mình.

en The loud explosion startled everyone.

Parts
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
遣
Candidates by syllable
khiến 遣
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.
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khiên / khiền
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
sai khiến / cầu khiến / xui khiến / lành ăn dễ khiến
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