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cổ hủ

Pronunciation Northern /ko̰˧˩˧ hṵ˧˩˧/ Central /ko˧˩˨ hu˧˩˨/ Southern /ko˨˩˦ hu˨˩˦/
Listen
outdated or pedantic
Adjective
outdated or pedantic

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
outdated or pedantic Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme Problems, Opinions & EvaluationTheme

Keeping old ideas or ways of doing things that are no longer suitable.

vi Những hủ tục cổ hủ cần được xóa bỏ trong xã hội hiện đại ngày nay.

en Outdated customs need to be abolished in modern society today.

Parts
cổ / hủ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 古腐 …
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Components

Components

cổ hủ

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 古腐

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
古腐
Candidates by syllable
cổ 古 hủ 腐（朽）
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.
Similar
hiện đại / tiến bộ / tân tiến / lão hủ …
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Easily confused

Opposite meaning
Ends with this word

lão hủ/tàu hủ/bất hủ/La Hủ/đậu hủ/tam bất hủ/trần hủ

Use
phố cổ / cổ động viên / cổ cầm / cổ cò …
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cổ (neck) — words using
hủ (Narrow-minded) — words using

Themes and tags

Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme Problems, Opinions & EvaluationTheme
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