ngày xưa
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋa̤j˨˩ sɨə˧˧/
Central
/ŋaj˧˧ sɨə˧˥/
Southern
/ŋaj˨˩ sɨə˧˧/
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Adverb
formerly Time & Calendar
This term refers to a time that happened long ago or in the past.
vi Ngày xưa, tổ tiên chúng ta sống một đời rất giản dị.
en Long ago, our ancestors lived very simply.
Parts
ngày / xưa / A compound of ngày + xưa …
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Parts
ngày / xưa / A compound of ngày + xưa …
OriginA compound of ngày + xưa
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣈗𠸗
Candidates by syllable
ngày
𣈗（𣈜）
xưa
𠸗
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.
Use
ngày xửa ngày xưa / ban ngày / ngày mai / ngày nay …
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Use
ngày xửa ngày xưa / ban ngày / ngày mai / ngày nay …