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gia tiên

Pronunciation Northern /zaː˧˧ tiən˧˧/ Central /jaː˧˥ tiəŋ˧˥/ Southern /jaː˧˧ tiəŋ˧˧/
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ancestors
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
ancestors Family & FriendsTheme FamilyTag

The members of a person's family who lived a long time ago, such as grandparents.

vi Gia đình tôi luôn thờ cúng gia tiên.

en My family always worships our ancestors.

Parts
gia / tiên / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 家先 …
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Components

Components

gia tiên

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 家先

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
家先
Candidates by syllable
gia 家 tiên 仙
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.
Use
gia đình / đại gia / chuyên gia / gia nhập …
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gia (increase; add) — words using
tiên (first) — words using
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