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tắc te

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /tak˧˥ tɛ˧˧/ Central /ta̰k˩˧ tɛ˧˥/ Southern /tak˧˥ tɛ˧˧/
fluorescent starter
Noun
fluorescent starter
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
fluorescent starter

A small component used to start the operation of fluorescent light bulbs.

vi Tôi cần thay cái tắc te cho bóng đèn này.

en I need to replace the fluorescent starter for this bulb.

Sense 2 Noun
type of leech

A name given to a specific type of leech that lives in water.

vi Cẩn thận với loài tắc te khi bơi ở sông.

en Be careful with that type of leech when swimming in the river.

Parts
tắc / te / 則呞
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Components

Components

tắc te
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
則呞
Candidates by syllable
tắc 則（塞） te 呞
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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