đen sì
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɗɛn˧˧ si̤˨˩/
Central
/ɗɛŋ˧˥ ʂi˧˧/
Southern
/ɗɛŋ˧˧ ʂi˨˩/
Listen
pitch black
Adjective
pitch black
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
pitch black Descriptive Properties, States & Register Forms
A color that is extremely dark and appears almost grayish.
vi Căn phòng tối đen sì khiến tôi không thấy gì.
en The room is pitch black, and I can't see anything.
Parts
đen / sì / A compound of đen + sì …
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Parts
đen / sì / A compound of đen + sì …
OriginA compound of đen + sì
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𪓇絺
Candidates by syllable
đen
𪓇
sì
絺（𪐢 / 𪐾）
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
y sì / ẩm sì / sầm sì
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Similar
y sì / ẩm sì / sầm sì
Use
bôi đen / đen tối / đen thui / đỏ đen …
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Use
bôi đen / đen tối / đen thui / đỏ đen …