gừng
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɣɨ̤ŋ˨˩/
Central
/ɣɨŋ˧˧/
Southern
/ɣɨŋ˨˩/
Listen
ginger
Noun
ginger
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
ginger
A common rhizome used as a spice and in traditional remedies.
vi Khi trời lạnh, tôi thích uống trà gừng.
en When it's cold, I like to drink ginger tea.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 薑
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 薑
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
薑
Candidates by syllable
gừng
薑（𦹱）
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
gừng gió / gừng càng già càng cay
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Similar
gừng gió / gừng càng già càng cay
Use
văn gừng / nhát gừng
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Use
văn gừng / nhát gừng