hầu hết
Pronunciation
Northern
/hə̤w˨˩ het˧˥/
Central
/həw˧˧ hḛt˩˧/
Southern
/həw˨˩ həːt˧˥/
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nearly all
Adverb
nearly all
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adverb
nearly all Numbers, Quantities, Units & Time
Used to refer to the largest part of a group, or almost all.
vi Hầu hết học sinh trong lớp đều đã làm bài tập.
en Most students in the class have done the homework.
Parts
hầu / hết / A compound of hầu + hết …
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Parts
hầu / hết / A compound of hầu + hết …
OriginA compound of hầu + hết
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
候歇
Candidates by syllable
hầu
候（猴 / 喉 / 𤶿 / 𧓏）
hết
歇
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
trước hết / chiếu hết / hơn hết / chấm hết …
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Similar
trước hết / chiếu hết / hơn hết / chấm hết …
Use
hầu như / hầu bàn / yết hầu / hầu hạ …
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Use
hầu như / hầu bàn / yết hầu / hầu hạ …