cầm hơi
Pronunciation
Northern
/kə̤m˨˩ həːj˧˧/
Central
/kəm˧˧ həːj˧˥/
Southern
/kəm˨˩ həːj˧˧/
Listen
to subsist
Verb
to subsist
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to subsist Health, Diet & Medical Care
To subsist or survive feebly, barely maintaining one's life or breath.
vi Họ chỉ ăn một chút cháo để cầm hơi qua ngày.
en They only ate a little congee to subsist through the day.
Parts
cầm / hơi / 琴唏
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Parts
cầm / hơi / 琴唏
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴唏
Candidates by syllable
cầm
琴（扲 / 禽 / 𨆓）
hơi
唏
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.
Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …
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Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …