nhai
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɲaːj˧˧/
Central
/ɲaːj˧˥/
Southern
/ɲaːj˧˧/
Listen
chew; masticate
Verb
chew; masticate
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
chew; masticate Core Actions & Operation
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.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 啀
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 啀
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
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.
Similar
nhai lại / nhai nhải
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Similar
nhai lại / nhai nhải
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sinh nhai / bảo nhai / võ nhai / kim âu, hoa nhai …
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Use
sinh nhai / bảo nhai / võ nhai / kim âu, hoa nhai …