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tiên nhân

Pronunciation Northern /tiən˧˧ ɲən˧˧/ Central /tiəŋ˧˥ ɲəŋ˧˥/ Southern /tiəŋ˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧/
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ancestors
Noun
ancestors
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
ancestors Discourse & LogicTheme

People from whom someone is descended, or a person in mythology who has attained eternal life.

vi Chúng ta cần tôn kính các vị tiên nhân.

en We need to respect our ancestors.

Parts
tiên / nhân / 仙人
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Components

Components

tiên nhân
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
仙人
Candidates by syllable
tiên 仙 nhân 人
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.
Similar
tiền nhân / tiện nhân / tiên / tiên nữ …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

tiên/tiên nữ/tiên lượng/tiên cảnh/tiên tử/tiên chỉ/tiên đan

Use
đầu tiên / tiên tri / tiên sinh / tổ tiên …
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tiên (first) — words using
nhân (benevolence) — words using
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