quẩy
Pronunciation
Northern
/kwə̰j˧˩˧/
Central
/kwəj˧˩˨/
Southern
/wəj˨˩˦/
youtiao
3 senses
Noun
youtiao
Verb
to carry
Verb
incorrect spelling
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
youtiao
Core Actions
A popular Asian snack made of fried dough that is crispy on the outside and often served as an accompaniment.
vi Tôi thường ăn cháo kèm với vài chiếc quẩy.
en I often eat porridge with some fried breadsticks.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to carry
To carry heavy items or goods by using a long pole balanced across one's shoulders to move between different locations.
vi Người phụ nữ đang quẩy gánh hàng ra chợ.
en The woman is carrying goods to the market with a pole.
Sense 3
Verb
incorrect spelling
A common spelling error for the word correctly written as quẫy, which describes the vigorous movements of a fish in water.
vi Từ "quẩy" đôi khi là cách viết sai của từ "quẫy".
en The word "quẩy" is sometimes a misspelling of the word "quẫy".
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
挂
Candidates by syllable
quẩy
挂（掛）
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.