ca ve
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaː˧˧ vɛ˧˧/
Central
/kaː˧˥ jɛ˧˥/
Southern
/kaː˧˧ jɛ˧˧/
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prostitute
Noun
prostitute
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Sense 1
Noun
prostitute
A dancing girl or prostitute is a person who performs dances or engages in sexual activities for payment.
vi Cô ấy từng là một ca ve nổi tiếng.
en She used to be a famous dancing girl.
Parts
ca / ve / Borrowed from French …
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ca / ve / Borrowed from French …
OriginBorrowed from French
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
哥蟡
Candidates by syllable
ca
哥（歌 / 𣖚）
ve
蟡（𡐮 / 𤳰）
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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