mạ
Pronunciation
Northern
/ma̰ːʔ˨˩/
Central
/ma̰ː˨˨/
Southern
/maː˨˩˨/
rice seedlings
4 senses
4 meanings
Noun
rice seedlings
Verb
plate metal
Noun
mother
Details
4 senses · 4 meanings
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Details
4 senses · 4 meanings
rice seedlings
Sense 1
Noun
rice seedlings
Plants
Plants
Young rice plants that have just started to grow and are ready to be transplanted into fields.
vi Những cây mạ đã xanh tốt.
en The rice seedlings have grown green and healthy.
plate metal
Sense 1
Verb
to plate with metal
To cover the surface of an object with a thin layer of metal through a chemical process.
vi Chiếc nhẫn này được mạ vàng.
en This ring is plated with gold.
mother
Sense 1
Noun
mother or mom
A regional term used to refer to one's female parent, commonly used in central parts of Vietnam.
vi Em rất thương mạ của em.
en I love my mother very much.
Ma ethnic group
Sense 1
Noun
Ma ethnic group
One of the many ethnic minority groups living in the Central Highlands region of modern-day Vietnam.
vi Họ thuộc nhóm dân tộc Mạ.
en They belong to the Ma ethnic group.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
罵
Candidates by syllable
mạ
罵（𣟭 / 𥢂 / 𨬈）
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.