canh gác
Pronunciation
Northern
/kajŋ˧˧ ɣaːk˧˥/
Central
/kan˧˥ ɣa̰ːk˩˧/
Southern
/kan˧˧ ɣaːk˧˥/
Listen
guard
Verb
guard
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
guard Safety & Emergencies
The act of monitoring and protecting a location or an area to ensure security and safety.
vi Những người lính đang canh gác ở cổng thành vào ban đêm.
en The soldiers are guarding the city gate at night.
Parts
canh / gác / A compound of canh + gác …
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Parts
canh / gác / A compound of canh + gác …
OriginA compound of canh + gác
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
更擱
Candidates by syllable
canh
更（耕 / 庚 / 羮 / 𥓷）
gác
擱（挌 / 櫊 / 𨆿）
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
canh giữ / thủ hộ / guard
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Similar
canh giữ / thủ hộ / guard
Use
canh tác / bánh canh / bánh canh cua / lính canh …
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Use
canh tác / bánh canh / bánh canh cua / lính canh …