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bảo

Pronunciation Northern /ɓa̰ːw˧˩˧/ Central /ɓaːw˧˩˨/ Southern /ɓaːw˨˩˦/
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to tell
Verb
to tell
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Meaning
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
to tell Core Actions & OperationTheme Greetings & Basic ExchangesTheme

To convey information to someone or to give an order through spoken or written words.

vi Mẹ bảo tôi đi ra chợ mua thêm một ít thức ăn cho bữa tối.

en My mother told me to go to the market to buy some more food for dinner.

Proper noun

Sense 2 Proper noun
Bảo (male given name) Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

A male given name from Chinese.

vi Bảo là bạn thân của tôi từ thời đại học.

en Bảo has been my close friend since university.

Sense 3 Proper noun
Bulgaria Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

Bulgaria, a country in southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, bordering the Black Sea.

vi Hồi đó nhiều người đi lao động ở các nước Đông Âu như Tiệp, Ba Lan, Bảo.

en Back then, many people went to work in Eastern European countries such as Czechoslovakia, Poland and Bulgaria.

Parts
報
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
報
Candidates by syllable
bảo 保
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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bão / báo / bạo / bào …
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Use
bảo vệ / bảo tàng / viện bảo tàng / bảo lộc …
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