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câu giờ

Pronunciation Northern /kəw˧˧ zə̤ː˨˩/ Central /kəw˧˥ jəː˧˧/ Southern /kəw˧˧ jəː˨˩/
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to buy time
Verb
to buy time
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Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1 Verb
to buy time Core ActionsTheme

To deliberately delay an action or process in order to gain more time or an advantage.

vi Đội bóng đang cố gắng câu giờ ở những phút cuối.

en The football team is trying to stall in the final minutes.

Sense 2 Verb
to filibuster

To make a long speech or use other tactics to delay a vote on a law.

vi Vị đại biểu đã sử dụng bài phát biểu dài để câu giờ.

en The representative used a long speech to filibuster.

Parts
câu / giờ / 句𣇞
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
句𣇞
Candidates by syllable
câu giờ 𣇞(𣉹)
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
câu hỏi / câu / câu nói / câu lệnh …
Use
câu chuyện / câu lạc bộ / mẫu câu / câu cú …
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