tầm ma
Pronunciation
Northern
/tə̤m˨˩ maː˧˧/
Central
/təm˧˧ maː˧˥/
Southern
/təm˨˩ maː˧˧/
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nettle
Noun
nettle
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
nettle
A wild plant with leaves that have hairs which sting you if you touch them.
vi Da tôi bị ngứa do vô tình chạm vào cây tầm ma.
en My skin is itchy because I accidentally touched a nettle.
Parts
tầm / ma / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 蕁麻 …
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Parts
tầm / ma / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 蕁麻 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 蕁麻
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
蕁麻
Candidates by syllable
tầm
尋（樳 / 潯）
ma
麻（魔）
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
tầm / tầm nhìn / tầm thường / tầm tay …
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Similar
tầm / tầm nhìn / tầm thường / tầm tay …
Use
sưu tầm / nón ba tầm / tầm soát / tầm mắt …
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Use
sưu tầm / nón ba tầm / tầm soát / tầm mắt …