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đỉa

Pronunciation Northern /ɗḭə˧˩˧/ Central /ɗiə˧˩˨/ Southern /ɗiə˨˩˦/
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leech
Noun
leech
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
leech

A worm-like animal that lives in water and attaches to others to feed on blood.

vi Con đỉa bám chặt vào chân anh ấy để hút máu.

en The leech attached itself to his leg to feed on blood.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𧋘
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OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𧋘
Candidates by syllable
đỉa 𧋘（𧍉）
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.
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đìa / đía / đĩa / dĩa …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning
Starts with this word

đỉa hẹ

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leech vi: đỉa / ja: ヒル / WordNet aligned
Use
tổ đỉa / thả đỉa ba ba
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

dai như đỉa đói
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