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Pronunciation Northern /i˧˥ ziʔi˧˥/ Central /ḭ˩˧ ji˧˩˨/ Southern /i˧˥ ji˨˩˦/
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Job's tears
Noun
Job's tears
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Job's tears Discourse & LogicTheme

A type of grain with hard seeds that is commonly used in both cooking and traditional medicine.

vi Mẹ tôi thường dùng hạt ý dĩ để nấu chè.

en My mother often uses Job's tears to cook sweet soup.

Parts
ý / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 薏苡 / 薏苡
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 薏苡

Chinese characters Source-aligned
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薏苡
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ý 意 dĩ 已
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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ý / ý chí / ý hợp tâm đầu / ý nhạc tâm tình …
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chú ý / đồng ý / ý kiến / ý tưởng
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