thiên tai
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰiən˧˧ taːj˧˧/
Central
/tʰiəŋ˧˥ taːj˧˥/
Southern
/tʰiəŋ˧˧ taːj˧˧/
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natural disaster
Noun
natural disaster
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
natural disaster Weather
Weather
A major natural event causing serious damage to people and property.
Parts
thiên / tai / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 天災 …
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Parts
thiên / tai / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 天災 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 天災
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
天災
Candidates by syllable
thiên
天
tai
災（灾 / 哉 / 𦖻）
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
thiện tài / thiên tài / thiện tai
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Similar
thiện tài / thiên tài / thiện tai
Use
thiên tai địch họa / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …
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Use
thiên tai địch họa / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …