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phều phào

Pronunciation Northern /fe̤w˨˩ fa̤ːw˨˩/ Central /few˧˧ faːw˧˧/ Southern /few˨˩ faːw˨˩/
Listen
weak; failing
Adjective
weak; failing
1 senses 1 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
weak; failing Properties & StatesTheme

Describing a voice or physical condition that is very weak, faint, or lacking in energy.

vi Ông ấy nói chuyện bằng một giọng phều phào.

en He spoke in a very weak and faint voice.

Parts
phào / 漂𠴋
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Components

Components

phào
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
漂𠴋
Candidates by syllable
phều 漂（𡁼） phào 𠴋（𠷤 / 𡀥）
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
yếu ớt / ẻo lả / lão hủ / òi ọp …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Ends with this word

tầm phào/thở phào/tầm phơ tầm phào

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