trái lại
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨaːj˧˥ la̰ːʔj˨˩/
Central
/tʂa̰ːj˩˧ la̰ːj˨˨/
Southern
/tʂaːj˧˥ laːj˨˩˨/
Listen
on the contrary
Conjunction
on the contrary
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Conjunction
on the contrary Discourse & Logic
A word used to express a meaning that is completely opposite to what has just been stated.
vi Tôi nghĩ anh ấy sẽ đi, nhưng trái lại anh ấy vẫn ở nhà.
en I thought he would go, but on the contrary, he stayed home.
Parts
trái / lại / A compound of trái + lại …
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Parts
trái / lại / A compound of trái + lại …
OriginA compound of trái + lại
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
賴吏
Candidates by syllable
trái
賴
lại
吏
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
on the contrary
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Similar
on the contrary
Use
trái đất / trái tim / trái cây / sai trái …
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Use
trái đất / trái tim / trái cây / sai trái …