ma cỏ
Pronunciation
Northern
/maː˧˧ kɔ̰˧˩˧/
Central
/maː˧˥ kɔ˧˩˨/
Southern
/maː˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦/
wretched ghosts
Noun
wretched ghosts
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Noun
wretched ghosts
Wandering spirits or ghosts believed to haunt various places without a permanent resting home in traditional folk beliefs.
vi Những câu chuyện về ma cỏ luôn gây cảm giác sợ hãi.
en Stories about ghosts always cause a feeling of fear.
Parts
ma / cỏ / 麻𦹯
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Parts
ma / cỏ / 麻𦹯
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
麻𦹯
Candidates by syllable
ma
麻（魔）
cỏ
𦹯（𦹵）
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.
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ma cô / ma / ma túy / ma quỷ …
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Similar
ma cô / ma / ma túy / ma quỷ …
Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …
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Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …