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khiền

Pronunciation Northern /xiə̤n˨˩/ Central /kʰiəŋ˧˧/ Southern /kʰiəŋ˨˩/
scold
Verb
scold
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To strike or verbally reprimand someone, typically a child, as a form of punishment or discipline.

vi Người mẹ đã khiền đứa con vì tội đi chơi về muộn.

en The mother scolded the child for coming home late.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
愆
Candidates by syllable
khiền 愆
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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