kiêng kị
Listen
to avoid or abstain
Verb
to avoid or abstain
2 senses
2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
to avoid or abstain
Core Actions
To stay away from or avoid doing something based on cultural, religious, or personal reasons.
vi Họ kiêng kị ăn thịt bò vào ngày đầu tháng.
en They abstain from eating beef on the first day of the month.
Noun
Sense 2
Noun
social taboo
A social or religious custom that prohibits or restricts a particular practice or association with something.
vi Trong văn hóa của họ, đây là một điều kiêng kị.
en In their culture, this is a taboo.
Parts
kiêng / kị / 𠶛騎
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Parts
kiêng / kị / 𠶛騎
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠶛騎
Candidates by syllable
kiêng
𠶛
kị
騎（忌）
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
kiêng / kiêng nể / kiêng cữ / kiêng khem …
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Similar
kiêng / kiêng nể / kiêng cữ / kiêng khem …
Use
ăn kiêng / chế độ ăn kiêng / cấm kị / huý kị …
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Use
ăn kiêng / chế độ ăn kiêng / cấm kị / huý kị …