hành tây
Pronunciation
Northern
/ha̤jŋ˨˩ təj˧˧/
Central
/han˧˧ təj˧˥/
Southern
/han˨˩ təj˧˧/
Listen
onion
Noun
onion
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
onion Food, Cooking & Drinks
Animals & Plants
An onion; a layered bulb with a sharp smell, often used as a vegetable or seasoning.
vi Mẹ tôi đang cắt hành tây để nấu canh.
en My mother is cutting up onions to make soup.
Parts
hành / tây / A compound of hành + tây …
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Parts
hành / tây / A compound of hành + tây …
OriginA compound of hành + tây
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
莖西
Candidates by syllable
hành
莖（桁 / 荇）
tây
西
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.
Use
khởi hành / hành tinh / hành động / học hành …
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Use
khởi hành / hành tinh / hành động / học hành …