ông tổ
Pronunciation
Northern
/əwŋ˧˧ to̰˧˩˧/
Central
/əwŋ˧˥ to˧˩˨/
Southern
/əwŋ˧˧ to˨˩˦/
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ancestor
Noun
ancestor
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
ancestor
A male relative from the distant past from whom a person or family is descended.
vi Họ luôn ghi nhớ công ơn của các vị ông tổ.
en They always remember the contributions of their ancestors.
Parts
ông / tổ / 翁組
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Parts
ông / tổ / 翁組
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
翁組
Candidates by syllable
ông
翁
tổ
組
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
ông tơ / bánh tổ / phật tổ / nguyên tổ …
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Similar
ông tơ / bánh tổ / phật tổ / nguyên tổ …
Use
ông ấy / đàn ông / ông bà / ông xã …
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Use
ông ấy / đàn ông / ông bà / ông xã …