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kiềm hãm

Pronunciation Northern /kiə̤m˨˩ haʔam˧˥/ Central /kiəm˧˧ haːm˧˩˨/ Southern /kiəm˨˩ haːm˨˩˦/
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restrain
Verb
restrain
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
restrain Core ActionsTheme

To keep something under control or to prevent it from moving or developing freely.

vi Chúng ta cần kiềm hãm sự phát triển của cỏ dại.

en We need to restrain the growth of weeds.

Parts
kiềm / hãm / 鉗陷
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Components

Components

kiềm hãm
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鉗陷
Candidates by syllable
kiềm 鉗（拑 / 鈐） hãm 陷
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
cầm / nén / cầm lòng / chế áp …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Ends with this word

kìm hãm/vây hãm/giam hãm/tù hãm

Meaning links

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restrain vi: kiềm hãm / ja: 抑制 / WordNet aligned
Use
kiềm chế / kim loại kiềm / kiềm tỏa / kim loại kiềm thổ …
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kiềm (alkali) — words using
hãm (to besiege) — words using
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