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chê

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to criticize
Verb
to criticize
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to criticize Problems, Opinions & EvaluationTheme

To express dissatisfaction or to undervalue the worth of a person or thing.

vi Đừng bao giờ chê bai công sức của người khác.

en Never criticize the efforts of others.

Sense 2 Verb
give up on patient Health, Diet & Medical CareTheme

To determine that a patient's condition is terminal and there is no hope for recovery.

vi Bác sĩ đã chê bệnh nhân này.

en The doctor has given up on this patient.

Sense 3 Verb
to deem worthless Problems, Opinions & EvaluationTheme

To contradict a statement or to consider something to be completely without value.

vi Anh ấy chê ý kiến đó không hay.

en He rejected that idea as not being good.

Parts
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
吱
Candidates by syllable
chê 吱
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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chế / chè / chẻ / ché …
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Use
cười chê / chó chê mèo mửa / chán chê / chó chê mèo lắm lông …
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