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cá gỗ

Pronunciation Northern /kaː˧˥ ɣoʔo˧˥/ Central /ka̰ː˩˧ ɣo˧˩˨/ Southern /kaː˧˥ ɣo˨˩˦/
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wooden fish
Adjective
wooden fish
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
wooden fish Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

An object carved from wood into the shape of a fish, often used for symbolic purposes.

vi Anh ấy được tặng một con cá gỗ để trang trí bàn làm việc.

en He was given a wooden fish to decorate his desk.

Sense 2 Adjective
stingy or miserly Feelings, Appearance & PersonalityTheme Usage derogatory

Being very unwilling to spend money or share things with others in a miserly way.

vi Mọi người đều biết anh ta là một kẻ cá gỗ.

en Everyone knows that he is a stingy person.

Parts
cá / gỗ / 个楛
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
个楛
Candidates by syllable
cá 个(個 / 箇 / 𩵜) gỗ 楛
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
cây gỗ / ngựa gỗ / nón gỗ / nhà gỗ
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Use
cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng / cá thính / cá linh …
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