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nhắm nghiền

Pronunciation Northern /ɲam˧˥ ŋiə̤n˨˩/ Central /ɲa̰m˩˧ ŋiəŋ˧˧/ Southern /ɲam˧˥ ŋiəŋ˨˩/
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close tightly
Verb
close tightly

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
close tightly Body & Physical FeaturesTheme

The act of closing one's eyes very tightly or squinting deliberately and to the fullest extent.

vi Đứa trẻ nhắm nghiền mắt lại khi nghe tiếng sấm lớn.

en The child closed his eyes tightly when he heard the loud thunder.

Parts
nhắm / nghiền / A compound of nhắm + nghiền …
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Components

Components

nhắm nghiền

OriginA compound of nhắm + nghiền

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠁪研
Candidates by syllable
nhắm 𠁪（𠲏 / 𥄮） nghiền 研（硯）
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
nhắm mắt / nhắm chừng / nhắm mắt xuôi tay / mắt nhắm mắt mở …
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nhắm (close eyes) — words using
nghiền (grind) — words using

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Body & Physical FeaturesTheme
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