trầu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨə̤w˨˩/
Central
/tʂəw˧˧/
Southern
/tʂəw˨˩/
betel leaf
3 senses
Noun
betel leaf
Noun
paan
Noun
sky variant
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Noun
betel leaf
A tropical Asian climbing plant whose leaves are often chewed with other substances as a mild stimulant.
vi Cây trầu thường leo bám trên những thân cây lớn trong vườn.
en The betel leaf plant often climbs and clings to large tree trunks in the garden.
Sense 2
Noun
paan
A preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and sometimes tobacco, which is chewed for its stimulant effects.
vi Các cụ già ở làng tôi vẫn thường có thói quen nhai trầu.
en The elderly people in my village still have the habit of chewing paan.
Sense 3
Noun
sky variant
A regional term used in Bình Định and Phú Yên to refer to the sky or the heavens above.
vi Nhìn lên trầu, ta thấy những đám mây trắng đang lững lờ trôi.
en Looking up at the sky, we see white clouds drifting slowly.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣞾
Candidates by syllable
trầu
𣞾（𦺓）
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.