xoáy
Pronunciation
Northern
/swaj˧˥/
Central
/swa̰j˩˧/
Southern
/swaj˧˥/
swirl
3 senses
Verb
swirl
Noun
hair whorl
Verb
steal
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
swirl
Movement & Transport Actions
Body parts
The act of moving or spinning in a continuous way around a certain fixed axis.
vi Dòng nước xoáy mạnh dưới chân cầu sau cơn mưa lớn.
en The water swirled strongly under the bridge after the heavy rain.
Sense 2
Verb
steal
The act of secretly stealing another person's property in a quick and clever way.
vi Kẻ trộm đã xoáy mất chiếc ví tiền của anh ta trong đám đông.
en The thief secretly stole his wallet in the crowd.
Noun
Sense 3
Noun
hair whorl
A patch of hair that grows in a circular whorl on the human scalp.
vi Đứa bé có hai cái xoáy rất rõ trên đỉnh đầu.
en The baby has two very distinct hair whorls on its head.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鬠
Candidates by syllable
xoáy
鬠
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.