ngục lại
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋṵʔk˨˩ la̰ːʔj˨˩/
Central
/ŋṵk˨˨ la̰ːj˨˨/
Southern
/ŋuk˨˩˨ laːj˨˩˨/
prison officer
Noun
prison officer
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
prison officer
A person whose job is to supervise and guard prisoners in a jail.
vi Người ngục lại đang đi kiểm tra các phòng giam vào buổi tối.
en The prison officer is checking the cells in the evening.
Parts
ngục / lại / 獄吏
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Parts
ngục / lại / 獄吏
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
獄吏
Candidates by syllable
ngục
獄
lại
吏
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.
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ngục / ngục thất / ngục tù / ngục tối …
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Similar
ngục / ngục thất / ngục tù / ngục tối …
Use
địa ngục / hoả ngục / hạ ngục / luyện ngục …
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Use
địa ngục / hoả ngục / hạ ngục / luyện ngục …