tăm bông
Pronunciation
Northern
/tam˧˧ ɓəwŋ˧˧/
Central
/tam˧˥ ɓəwŋ˧˥/
Southern
/tam˧˧ ɓəwŋ˧˧/
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cotton swab
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cotton swab
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
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cotton swab Body & Physical Features
A small tool consisting of a short stick with soft cotton at the tips.
vi Tôi dùng tăm bông để vệ sinh tai.
en I use a cotton swab to clean my ears.
Parts
tăm / bông / 吣葻
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Parts
tăm / bông / 吣葻
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
吣葻
Candidates by syllable
tăm
吣（籖 / 杺 / 𣅵 / 𨠉）
bông
葻
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.
Similar
tăm hơi / tăm / tăm tích / tăm cá bóng chim …
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Similar
tăm hơi / tăm / tăm tích / tăm cá bóng chim …
Use
tối tăm / tăm tối / biệt tăm / tối tăm mặt mũi …
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Use
tối tăm / tăm tối / biệt tăm / tối tăm mặt mũi …