tép riu
Pronunciation
Northern
/tɛp˧˥ ziw˧˧/
Central
/tɛ̰p˩˧ ʐiw˧˥/
Southern
/tɛp˧˥ ɹiw˧˧/
small shrimp
Noun
small shrimp
3 senses
2 Components
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Noun
small shrimp
Discourse & Logic
This is the name of a species of small shrimp that typically lives in freshwater.
vi Bà ấy đang đi bắt tép riu ở ngoài đồng.
en She is catching small shrimp in the field.
Sense 2
Noun
trivial thing
This term is used to refer to a thing that is unimportant or considered trivial.
vi Đừng bận tâm đến những chuyện tép riu đó.
en Don't bother with those trivial things.
Sense 3
Noun
nobody
This term refers to a person who is weak or someone who has no importance.
vi Đối với ông ta, tôi chỉ là kẻ tép riu.
en To him, I am just a nobody.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩹫燎
Candidates by syllable
tép
𩹫
riu
燎
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.