dăm ba
Listen
a few
Noun
a few
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
a few
Referring to a small number of items or people, typically at least three but not many.
vi Anh ấy chỉ mang theo dăm ba bộ quần áo.
en He only brought a few sets of clothes.
Parts
dăm / ba / A compound of dăm”) + ba …
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Parts
dăm / ba / A compound of dăm”) + ba …
OriginA compound of dăm”) + ba
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
箴爸
Candidates by syllable
dăm
箴
ba
爸
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.
Similar
dăm / dăm bông / dăm băng / dăm bữa nửa tháng
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Similar
dăm / dăm bông / dăm băng / dăm bữa nửa tháng
Use
xương dăm / nuông dăm / đá dăm / thứ ba …
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Use
xương dăm / nuông dăm / đá dăm / thứ ba …