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thế phát

Pronunciation Northern /tʰe˧˥ faːt˧˥/ Central /tʰḛ˩˧ fa̰ːk˩˧/ Southern /tʰe˧˥ faːk˧˥/
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take the tonsure
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take the tonsure
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To take the tonsure refers to the act of shaving one's head when entering a religious order or monkhood.

vi Nghi lễ thế phát đánh dấu việc một người bắt đầu cuộc sống tu hành.

en The tonsure ceremony marks the beginning of a person's monastic life.

Parts
thế / phát / 世發
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Representative candidate
世發
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thế 世 phát 發
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.
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tái phát / tán phát / giảm phát / bạo phát …
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thế nào / thế giới / như thế / vì thế …
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