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hãi

Pronunciation Northern /haʔaj˧˥/ Central /haːj˧˩˨/ Southern /haːj˨˩˦/
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fear
Verb
fear

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
fear

To feel a sense of dread or concern about a possible danger or unpleasant event.

vi Nhìn thấy con rắn, cô ấy cảm thấy rất hãi.

en Seeing the snake, she felt a lot of fear.

Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 駭 / 駭
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 駭

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
駭
Candidates by syllable
hãi 駭
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
hải / hài / hái / hại …
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Use
sợ hãi / kinh hãi / sự sợ hãi
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