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cù

Pronunciation Northern /kṳ˨˩/ Central /ku˧˧/ Southern /ku˨˩/
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tickle
Verb
tickle
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
tickle

This verb means to tickle someone or to entice them into doing something.

vi Người mẹ cù nhẹ vào bụng em bé.

en The mother gently tickles the baby's stomach.

Noun

Sense 2 Noun
spinning top

This is a child's toy designed to spin rapidly on a central axis.

vi Cậu bé đang chơi con cù trên sân.

en The boy is playing with a spinning top on the ground.

Parts
樛
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
樛
Candidates by syllable
cù 劬(虯 / 𡵺)
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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cữ / cu᷃̃ / cư / cú …
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Use
cù lao / cù lần / cù nhây / cù bơ cù bất …
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