thư lại
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰɨ˧˧ la̰ːʔj˨˩/
Central
/tʰɨ˧˥ la̰ːj˨˨/
Southern
/tʰɨ˧˧ laːj˨˩˨/
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Noun
scribe Discourse & Logic
A low-ranking official or person who specialized in copying documents and keeping records in former times.
vi Người thư lại đang sao chép giấy tờ.
en The scribe is copying the documents.
Parts
thư / lại / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 書吏 …
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Parts
thư / lại / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 書吏 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 書吏
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
書吏
Candidates by syllable
thư
書
lại
吏
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
thơ lại / biện ký / scribe
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Similar
thơ lại / biện ký / scribe
Use
thư viện / thư giãn / thư điện tử / ung thư …
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Use
thư viện / thư giãn / thư điện tử / ung thư …