tơ tằm
Pronunciation
Northern
/təː˧˧ ta̤m˨˩/
Central
/təː˧˥ tam˧˧/
Southern
/təː˧˧ tam˨˩/
Listen
silk
Noun
silk
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
silk Discourse & Logic
A fine, strong, and shiny fiber produced by silkworms, used to make soft and expensive fabric.
vi Quần áo dệt từ tơ tằm rất mềm mại và quý giá.
en Clothes woven from silk are very soft and precious.
Parts
tơ / tằm / 絲蚕
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Parts
tơ / tằm / 絲蚕
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
絲蚕
Candidates by syllable
tơ
絲
tằm
蚕（蠶 / 蟳）
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.
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Tố Tâm / tơ / tơ hồng / tơ đồng …
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Tố Tâm / tơ / tơ hồng / tơ đồng …
Use
tơ tưởng / mô tơ / lễ tơ hồng / tơ lụa …
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Use
tơ tưởng / mô tơ / lễ tơ hồng / tơ lụa …