hóc búa
Pronunciation
Northern
/hawk˧˥ ɓwaː˧˥/
Central
/ha̰wk˩˧ ɓṵə˩˧/
Southern
/hawk˧˥ ɓuə˧˥/
Listen
challenging
Adjective
challenging
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Adjective
challenging Properties & States
Having an extremely complex and difficult nature that requires significant effort and intelligence to overcome.
vi Đây là một bài toán rất hóc búa đối với học sinh.
en This is a very challenging math problem for students.
Parts
hóc / búa / 旭斧
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Parts
hóc / búa / 旭斧
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
旭斧
Candidates by syllable
hóc
旭
búa
斧（鈽）
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
gian nan / gay go / gian lao / hóc …
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Similar
gian nan / gay go / gian lao / hóc …
Use
hiểm hóc / hỏng hóc / hóc môn / đao to búa lớn …
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Use
hiểm hóc / hỏng hóc / hóc môn / đao to búa lớn …