hơi cay
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tear gas
Noun
tear gas
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Noun
tear gas
A chemical substance that causes severe irritation to the eyes and lungs, often used for controlling large crowds.
vi Cảnh sát đã sử dụng hơi cay để giải tán đám đông.
en The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Parts
hơi / cay / 唏咳
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Parts
hơi / cay / 唏咳
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
唏咳
Candidates by syllable
hơi
唏
cay
咳（𡀲 / 𠹽 / 𨐮 / 𨢟）
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
chua cay / sâu cay / cà cuống chết đến đít còn cay / gừng càng già càng cay …
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Similar
chua cay / sâu cay / cà cuống chết đến đít còn cay / gừng càng già càng cay …
Use
xe hơi / cầm hơi / tăm hơi / hơi bị …
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Use
xe hơi / cầm hơi / tăm hơi / hơi bị …