tệ hại
Pronunciation
Northern
/tḛʔ˨˩ ha̰ːʔj˨˩/
Central
/tḛ˨˨ ha̰ːj˨˨/
Southern
/te˨˩˨ haːj˨˩˨/
Listen
awful; very bad
Adjective
awful; very bad
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
awful; very bad Descriptive Properties, States & Register Forms
Problems, Opinions & Evaluation
Awful describes a situation or an event that is very bad and leads to undesirable outcomes.
vi Đây thật là một sai lầm tệ hại.
en This is truly an awful mistake.
Parts
tệ / hại / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 弊害 …
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Parts
tệ / hại / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 弊害 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 弊害
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
弊害
Candidates by syllable
tệ
弊（敝）
hại
害
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
dở ẹc / terrible
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Similar
dở ẹc / terrible
Use
tồi tệ / thậm tệ / tiền tệ / ngoại tệ …
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Use
tồi tệ / thậm tệ / tiền tệ / ngoại tệ …