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bụm

Pronunciation Northern /ɓṵʔm˨˩/ Central /ɓṵm˨˨/ Southern /ɓum˨˩˨/
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cup and cover
Verb
cup and cover
1 senses
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
cup hands to cover Core ActionsTheme

To bring the fingers together into a cup shape to hide or hold something carefully.

vi Cô ấy bụm hai bàn tay lại để che ngọn nến.

en She cupped her hands together to cover the candle.

Parts
𢶸
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢶸
Candidates by syllable
bụm 𢶸
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
bùm
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
  • bùmInterjectionboom
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