ngồi tù
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋo̤j˨˩ tṳ˨˩/
Central
/ŋoj˧˧ tu˧˧/
Southern
/ŋoj˨˩ tu˨˩/
Listen
imprisoned
Verb
imprisoned
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to go to jail Core Actions
To be kept in a prison as a punishment for committing a crime against the law.
vi Kẻ trộm phải ngồi tù vì hành vi của mình.
en The thief had to go to jail for his actions.
Parts
ngồi / tù / A compound of ngồi + tù …
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Parts
ngồi / tù / A compound of ngồi + tù …
OriginA compound of ngồi + tù
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡎢囚
Candidates by syllable
ngồi
𡎢（𡎥 / 𡎦 / 𡓮）
tù
囚（泅）
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
ngồi / ngồi yên / ngồi đồng / ngồi lì …
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Similar
ngồi / ngồi yên / ngồi đồng / ngồi lì …
Use
chỗ ngồi / ngồi thụp / ngồi thiền / ếch ngồi đáy giếng …
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Use
chỗ ngồi / ngồi thụp / ngồi thiền / ếch ngồi đáy giếng …