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tam đại

Pronunciation Northern /taːm˧˧ ɗa̰ːʔj˨˩/ Central /taːm˧˥ ɗa̰ːj˨˨/ Southern /taːm˧˧ ɗaːj˨˩˨/
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three generations
Noun
three generations
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Meaning
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
three generations Properties & StatesTheme

A period of time or a group of people belonging to three consecutive family generations.

vi Gia đình này đã sống cùng nhau suốt tam đại.

en This family has lived together for three generations.

Adjective

Sense 2 Adjective
three generations

Relating to or spanning across three different generations within a particular family or lineage.

vi Đây là một ngôi nhà tam đại truyền thống.

en This is a traditional three-generation house.

Parts
tam / đại / 三大
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
三大
Candidates by syllable
tam 三 đại 大
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
quảng đại / đương đại / khoa đại / hoa đại …
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Use
tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan / tam quốc diễn nghĩa …
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