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chấy

Pronunciation Northern /ʨəj˧˥/ Central /ʨə̰j˩˧/ Southern /ʨəj˧˥/
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head louse
Noun
head louse
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
head louse Core ActionsTheme

A head louse is a small parasitic insect that lives on the human scalp and feeds on blood, causing itching.

vi Đứa trẻ bị ngứa đầu vì có chấy.

en The child has an itchy head because of a head louse.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
to fry and ground

This verb describes a cooking method where prawns are fried and then ground into small pieces to be used as food.

vi Mẹ tôi đang chấy tôm để làm ruốc.

en My mother is frying and grinding prawns to make food.

Parts
蛭
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蛭
Candidates by syllable
chấy 蛭(𧋺)
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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chạy / chầy / chày / chảy …
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Use
tổ chấy / trứng chấy
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