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nhai

Pronunciation Northern /ɲaːj˧˧/ Central /ɲaːj˧˥/ Southern /ɲaːj˧˧/
chew
1 senses
Verb
chew
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Sense 1 Verb
chew; masticate Core ActionsTheme

To use the teeth to break up food in the mouth so that it becomes easy to swallow and digest.

vi Bạn nên nhai thật kỹ thức ăn trước khi nuốt.

en You should chew your food thoroughly before swallowing.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
啀
Candidates by syllable
nhai 啀（𠽎）
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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