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dìm

Pronunciation Northern /zi̤m˨˩/ Central /jim˧˧/ Southern /jim˨˩/
Listen
to drown
Verb
to drown
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to drown Core ActionsTheme

The action of pushing something or someone under water, potentially causing them to suffocate.

vi Cậu bé dìm món đồ chơi xuống nước.

en The boy pushes the toy under water.

Sense 2 Verb
to disadvantage

The act of intentionally creating difficulties or negatively reducing someone's reputation or status.

vi Đừng cố tình dìm uy tín của người khác.

en Do not intentionally disadvantage someone's reputation.

Parts
霑
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
霑
Candidates by syllable
dìm 霑(𢸝 / 𢺓)
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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