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cắt xén

Pronunciation Northern /kat˧˥ sɛn˧˥/ Central /ka̰k˩˧ sɛ̰ŋ˩˧/ Southern /kak˧˥ sɛŋ˧˥/
Listen
to truncate
Verb
to truncate

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to truncate Core ActionsTheme

An action referring to the act of cutting off a part of something to make it shorter or neater.

vi Bài viết này cần được cắt xén bớt để vừa khuôn khổ trang báo.

en This article needs to be cut down to fit the newspaper's layout.

Parts
cắt / xén / A compound of cắt + xén …
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OriginA compound of cắt + xén

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
割闡
Candidates by syllable
cắt 割 xén 闡
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
giảm bớt / cắt bớt / biếu xén / bớt xén …
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Use
cắt tóc / cắt giảm / bồ cắt / chia cắt …
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