tam canh
Pronunciation
Northern
/taːm˧˧ kajŋ˧˧/
Central
/taːm˧˥ kan˧˥/
Southern
/taːm˧˧ kan˧˧/
third night watch
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third night watch
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third night watch Numbers, Quantities, Units & Time
The third period of the five traditional nighttime watches in ancient times.
vi Tiếng gà gáy rộ lên vào lúc tam canh.
en The roosters started crowing during the third night watch.
Parts
tam / canh / 三更
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Parts
tam / canh / 三更
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
三更
Candidates by syllable
tam
三
canh
更（耕 / 庚 / 羮 / 𥓷）
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.
Use
nhất canh trì, nhị canh viên, tam canh điền / tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan …
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Use
nhất canh trì, nhị canh viên, tam canh điền / tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan …