ngà voi
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋa̤ː˨˩ vɔj˧˧/
Central
/ŋaː˧˧ jɔj˧˥/
Southern
/ŋaː˨˩ jɔj˧˧/
Listen
ivory or tusk
Noun
ivory or tusk
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
ivory or tusk Discourse & Logic
The long, pointed tooth of an elephant or the material derived from it.
vi Việc buôn bán ngà voi trái phép đang bị chính phủ nghiêm cấm.
en The illegal trade of ivory is strictly prohibited by the government.
Parts
ngà / voi / A compound of ngà + voi …
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Parts
ngà / voi / A compound of ngà + voi …
OriginA compound of ngà + voi
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
玡㺔
Candidates by syllable
ngà
玡（𤘋）
voi
㺔（𤠅）
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
ngà / ngà ngà
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Similar
ngà / ngà ngà
Use
bờ biển ngà / tre là ngà / tát ngà / trắng ngà …
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Use
bờ biển ngà / tre là ngà / tát ngà / trắng ngà …