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cau

Pronunciation Northern /kaw˧˧/ Central /kaw˧˥/ Southern /kaw˧˧/
areca
2 senses
Noun
areca
Verb
frown
Details
2 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
areca Core ActionsTheme

A tall palm tree whose fruit is commonly chewed with betel leaves.

vi Hàng cau cao vút đứng trước hiên nhà.

en The tall areca trees stand in front of the porch.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
frown

The act of contracting the forehead or eyebrows to show anger or worry.

vi Cô ấy khẽ cau mày khi nghe thấy tiếng ồn ào.

en She slightly frowned when she heard the noise.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
槁
Candidates by syllable
cau 槁（槔 / 皋 / 皐 / 𥢐）
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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