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bông gòn

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ceiba
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Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
ceiba Discourse & LogicTheme

A large tropical tree that produces white silky fibers used for stuffing pillows and cushions.

vi Sợi từ cây bông gòn thường được dùng để nhồi gối.

en Fibers from the ceiba tree are often used for stuffing pillows.

Sense 2 Noun
cotton pad

A small piece made of soft cotton fibers used for cleaning the skin or wounds.

vi Dùng một miếng bông gòn để làm sạch vết thương nhẹ.

en Use a cotton pad to clean the minor wound.

Parts
bông / gòn / 葻棍
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
葻棍
Candidates by syllable
bông 葻 gòn 棍
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
kẹo bông gòn / ceiba / ceiba
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Use
thú nhồi bông / bông phèng / bông hoa / xà bông …
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