sả
Pronunciation
Northern
/sa̰ː˧˩˧/
Central
/ʂaː˧˩˨/
Southern
/ʂaː˨˩˦/
lemongrass
Noun
lemongrass
3 senses
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
lemongrass
Core Actions
A fragrant tropical grass used as a culinary herb and for its essential oil.
vi Mẹ tôi thường dùng sả để nấu ăn.
en My mother often uses lemongrass for cooking.
Sense 2
Noun
kingfisher
A general term used to refer to various species of birds within the kingfisher family.
vi Con sả đang đậu trên cành cây bên bờ suối.
en The kingfisher is perching on a tree branch by the stream.
Verb
Sense 3
Verb
chop up
To cut something, such as meat or wood, into several smaller pieces or parts.
vi Anh ấy đang sả gỗ để nhóm bếp.
en He is chopping up wood to start the stove.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𦲺
Candidates by syllable
sả
𦲺（𦵘 / 𪀎）
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.