cãi chày cãi cối
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaʔaj˧˥ ʨa̤j˨˩ kaʔaj˧˥ koj˧˥/
Central
/kaːj˧˩˨ ʨaj˧˧ kaːj˧˩˨ ko̰j˩˧/
Southern
/kaːj˨˩˦ ʨaj˨˩ kaːj˨˩˦ koj˧˥/
Listen
argue stubbornly
Verb
argue stubbornly
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
argue stubbornly Core Actions
To argue stubbornly means to persist in making arguments that are unreasonable, false, or intended to avoid admitting one is wrong.
vi Anh ta cứ cãi chày cãi cối dù mình đã sai.
en He keeps arguing stubbornly even though he is wrong.
Parts
cãi / chày / cãi …
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Parts
cãi / chày / cãi …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠲹鈙𠲹檜
Candidates by syllable
cãi
𠲹（𠳚）
chày
鈙（𣖖 / 𣖗 / 𩹭）
cãi
𠲹（𠳚）
cối
檜（臼 / 𡑒 / 𡑭）
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.
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Use
tranh cãi / cãi vã / bàn cãi / thầy cãi …
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Use
tranh cãi / cãi vã / bàn cãi / thầy cãi …