tầm phào
Pronunciation
Northern
/tə̤m˨˩ fa̤ːw˨˩/
Central
/təm˧˧ faːw˧˧/
Southern
/təm˨˩ faːw˨˩/
Listen
futile
Adjective
futile
2 senses
2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
futile
Properties & States
Describing something that is completely useless or unlikely to achieve any successful result.
vi Mọi nỗ lực của anh ấy đều trở nên tầm phào.
en All of his efforts turned out to be futile.
Sense 2
Adjective
silly
Describing something that is foolish or lacks serious thought and importance.
vi Cô ấy không thích nghe những câu chuyện tầm phào.
en She doesn't like listening to silly stories.
Parts
tầm / phào / 尋𠴋
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Parts
tầm / phào / 尋𠴋
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
尋𠴋
Candidates by syllable
tầm
尋（樳 / 潯）
phào
𠴋（𠷤 / 𡀥）
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
phều phào / thở phào / tầm phơ tầm phào / futile …
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Similar
phều phào / thở phào / tầm phơ tầm phào / futile …
Use
sưu tầm / tầm nhìn / nón ba tầm / tầm soát
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Use
sưu tầm / tầm nhìn / nón ba tầm / tầm soát