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ngư lôi

Pronunciation Northern /ŋɨ˧˧ loj˧˧/ Central /ŋɨ˧˥ loj˧˥/ Southern /ŋɨ˧˧ loj˧˧/
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torpedo
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torpedo

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
torpedo Politics & InstitutionsTheme

A self-propelled underwater weapon designed to target and destroy enemy ships or submarines during military operations.

vi Chiếc tàu ngầm đã phóng một quả ngư lôi về phía mục tiêu.

en The submarine launched a torpedo toward the target.

Parts
lôi / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 魚雷 / 魚雷
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 魚雷

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
魚雷
Candidates by syllable
ngư 魚 lôi 雷(𡀂 / 𨆢 / 𪆼)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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lôi cuốn / xe lôi / lôi la / lôi kéo
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