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nhen

Pronunciation Northern /ɲɛn˧˧/ Central /ɲɛŋ˧˥/ Southern /ɲɛŋ˧˧/
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
kindle Core ActionsTheme

To start a fire or to begin a process, idea, or feeling.

vi Cô ấy nhen lửa trong bếp để chuẩn bị bữa tối.

en She kindled a fire in the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Sense 2 Verb
rise

To begin to appear or to move upward from a lower position.

vi Những tia nắng ban mai nhen dần qua làn sương mờ.

en The morning sunbeams begin to rise through the thick fog.

Noun

Sense 3 Noun
treeshrew

A small animal that belongs to the primate group and resembles a squirrel.

vi Con nhen nhanh nhẹn chạy nhảy trên các cành cây.

en The small animal resembles a squirrel and jumps among the branches.

Parts
燃
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
燃
Candidates by syllable
nhen 燃(𤡮 / 𡮫 / 𤢔)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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nhen nhúm
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nhỏ nhen / nhon nhen
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