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phụng

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /fṵʔŋ˨˩/ Central /fṵŋ˨˨/ Southern /fuŋ˨˩˨/
phoenix
Noun
phoenix
+2 more senses

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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
phoenix

Phụng is a variant form of phượng, a mythical bird name.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
follow

Phụng means to follow, obey, or comply with direction or instruction.

Proper noun

Sense 3 Proper noun
female given name Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

A female given name from Chinese.

vi Bạn tôi, Phụng, đã cùng tôi đi xem phim vào tối qua.

en My friend Phụng went to see a movie with me last night.

Parts
鳳
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
鳳
Candidates by syllable
phụng 奉（菶）
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.
Similar
phùng / phủng / phúng / phũng …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

phụng sự/phụng thờ/phụng vụ/phụng tự/phụng chỉ/phụng phịu/phụng cúng

Use
cung phụng / đậu phụng / phụng cầu / phụng dưỡng …
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

linh phụng gặp ngô đồng long phụng lân phụng xu phụng

Themes and tags

Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme
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