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diêm

Pronunciation Northern /ziəm˧˧/ Central /jiəm˧˥/ Southern /jiəm˧˧/
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match
Noun
match
2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
match

A short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used for starting a fire by friction.

vi Anh ấy quẹt một que diêm để thắp nến.

en He struck a match to light a candle.

Sense 2 Noun
salt

Salt; a Sino-Vietnamese word, usually found in compounds.

vi Trong từ diêm nghiệp, diêm chỉ muối.

en In the word diêm nghiệp, diêm refers to salt.

Parts
鹽
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
鹽
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
điềm / điếm / diềm / điểm …
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Use
diêm dân / diêm dúa / sao diêm vương / diêm vương tinh …
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