chua cay
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨwaː˧˧ kaj˧˧/
Central
/ʨuə˧˥ kaj˧˥/
Southern
/ʨuə˧˧ kaj˧˧/
Listen
bitter
Adjective
bitter
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
bitter Properties & States
This adjective describes a sharp, harsh taste or a painful and bitter feeling in life.
vi Anh ấy đã phải trải qua nhiều nỗi chua cay trong cuộc đời.
en He had to go through many bitter feelings in his life.
Parts
chua / cay / 䣷咳
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Parts
chua / cay / 䣷咳
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
䣷咳
Candidates by syllable
chua
䣷（洙 / 𢟐）
cay
咳（𡀲 / 𠹽 / 𨐮 / 𨢟）
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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