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sự

Pronunciation Northern /sɨ̰ʔ˨˩/ Central /ʂɨ̰˨˨/ Southern /ʂɨ˨˩˨/
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matter, affair
Noun
matter, affair
1 senses
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
matter, affair

A nominalizing element that turns actions/adjectives into abstract nouns.

vi sự đời.

en Life affairs.

Parts
事
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
事
Candidates by syllable
sự 事
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
sử / sủ / sứ / sụ …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

sự kiện/sự sống/Sự thử nghiệm/sự đồng dạng/sự giám định/sự sản/sự giảm

Use
sự nghiệp / sự thật / thực sự / quân sự …
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Words containing this

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