ông can
Listen
cops; police officers
Noun
cops; police officers
Usage
derogatory
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
cops; police officers Discourse & Logic
Usage
derogatory
A slang or informal term used to refer to members of the police force collectively.
vi Cẩn thận kẻo gặp ông can đấy.
en Be careful or you might run into the cops.
Parts
ông / can / 翁干
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Parts
ông / can / 翁干
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
翁干
Candidates by syllable
ông
翁
can
干
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.
Use
ông ấy / đàn ông / ông bà / ông xã …
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Use
ông ấy / đàn ông / ông bà / ông xã …