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khum

Pronunciation Northern /xum˧˧/ Central /kʰum˧˥/ Southern /kʰum˧˧/
Listen
to crouch
Verb
to crouch
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
to crouch Core ActionsTheme

To crouch down or bend the body low, often to avoid something or perform a task.

vi Anh ấy khum người xuống để tránh cành cây.

en He crouched down to avoid the tree branch.

Adverb

Sense 2 Adverb
variant of no

A playful variation of the word 'no', used to express negation in a gentle manner.

vi Tối nay bạn có đi chơi khum?

en Are you going out tonight, or no?

Parts
穹
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
穹
Candidates by syllable
khum 穹
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
khum khum
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Use
lum khum
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