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tằm

Pronunciation Northern /ta̤m˨˩/ Central /tam˧˧/ Southern /tam˨˩/
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silkworm
Noun
silkworm
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
silkworm

A type of caterpillar that produces silk threads to form a cocoon used in silk production.

vi Người dân nuôi tằm để lấy tơ dệt lụa.

en People raise silkworms to get silk for weaving.

Parts
蠶
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
蠶
Candidates by syllable
tằm 蚕（蠶 / 蟳）
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
tắm / tăm / tâm / tầm …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

tằm tơ

Use
tơ tằm / dâu tằm / con tằm
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

chăn tằm đậu tằm
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