thống khổ
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰəwŋ˧˥ xo̰˧˩˧/
Central
/tʰə̰wŋ˩˧ kʰo˧˩˨/
Southern
/tʰəwŋ˧˥ kʰo˨˩˦/
Listen
wretched
Adjective
wretched
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
wretched Feelings, Appearance & Personality
Emotions
Describing a state of being extremely miserable, wretched, or in great agony.
vi Nhiều người vẫn đang phải sống trong cảnh thống khổ.
en Many people are still living in a wretched condition.
Parts
thống / khổ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 痛苦 …
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Parts
thống / khổ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 痛苦 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 痛苦
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
痛苦
Candidates by syllable
thống
統
khổ
苦
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.
Use
tổng thống / hệ thống / thống nhất / truyền thống …
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Use
tổng thống / hệ thống / thống nhất / truyền thống …