trêu ghẹo
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨew˧˧ ɣɛ̰ʔw˨˩/
Central
/tʂew˧˥ ɣɛ̰w˨˨/
Southern
/tʂew˧˧ ɣɛw˨˩˨/
Listen
tease
Verb
tease
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
tease Core Actions
To laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either in a playful or annoying way.
vi Đừng nên trêu ghẹo bạn bè bằng những lời lẽ không hay.
en Do not tease your friends with unkind words.
Parts
trêu / ghẹo / A compound of trêu + ghẹo …
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Parts
trêu / ghẹo / A compound of trêu + ghẹo …
OriginA compound of trêu + ghẹo
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
憭嘺
Candidates by syllable
trêu
憭（𠶅 / 𠺕 / 𡃔）
ghẹo
嘺（𡃺 / 𡅫 / 𥍑）
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
chọc ghẹo / cà khịa / trêu chọc / nói chọc …
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Similar
chọc ghẹo / cà khịa / trêu chọc / nói chọc …
Use
trớ trêu / ghẹo gái
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Use
trớ trêu / ghẹo gái