kiềm
Pronunciation
Northern
/kiə̤m˨˩/
Central
/kiəm˧˧/
Southern
/kiəm˨˩/
alkali
Noun
alkali
2 senses
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
alkali
Properties & States
A chemical compound that acts as a base, typically containing alkali or alkaline earth metals.
vi Xà phòng thường chứa một lượng kiềm nhất định.
en Soap often contains a certain amount of alkali.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
restrain
To keep an emotion or action under control and prevent it from being expressed freely.
vi Cô ấy cố gắng kiềm chế cơn giận của mình.
en She tried to restrain her anger.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
鹼
Candidates by syllable
kiềm
鉗（拑 / 鈐）
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.