ao ước
Pronunciation
Northern
/aːw˧˧ ɨək˧˥/
Central
/aːw˧˥ ɨə̰k˩˧/
Southern
/aːw˧˧ ɨək˧˥/
Listen
crave
Verb
crave
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
crave Feelings, Appearance & Personality
Emotions
A feeling of intense craving or desire to achieve something that one has long been waiting for.
vi Cô ấy luôn ao ước có một căn nhà nhỏ ở vùng quê.
en She has always wished to have a small house in the countryside.
Parts
ao / ước / A compound of ao + ước …
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Parts
ao / ước / A compound of ao + ước …
OriginA compound of ao + ước
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
泑約
Candidates by syllable
ao
泑
ước
約
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
thèm khát / thèm thuồng / thèm nhạt / háu …
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Similar
thèm khát / thèm thuồng / thèm nhạt / háu …
Use
ước ao / ao hồ / một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã / cầu ao …
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Use
ước ao / ao hồ / một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã / cầu ao …