nói trộm vía
Pronunciation
Northern
/nɔj˧˥ ʨo̰ʔm˨˩ viə˧˥/
Central
/nɔ̰j˩˧ tʂo̰m˨˨ jḭə˩˧/
Southern
/nɔj˧˥ tʂom˨˩˨ jiə˧˥/
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touch wood
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touch wood
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
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touch wood
A traditional expression used to avoid bad luck after saying something positive or praising someone.
vi Nói trộm vía, đứa bé trông rất khỏe mạnh.
en Touch wood, the baby looks very healthy.
Parts
nói / trộm vía / 呐囕𡳺
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Parts
nói / trộm vía / 呐囕𡳺
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
呐囕𡳺
Candidates by syllable
nói
呐
trộm
囕（𠑈 / 𥂉 / 𥋕 / 𥌈）
vía
𡳺（𤽶 / 𩏳 / 𩴅 / 𩴬）
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
át vía / bóng vía / khiếp vía / mất vía …
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Similar
át vía / bóng vía / khiếp vía / mất vía …
Use
nói chuyện / nói dối / lời nói / tiếng nói
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Use
nói chuyện / nói dối / lời nói / tiếng nói