hoả thiêu
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to cremate
Verb
to cremate
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to cremate
This verb refers to the process of burning a deceased person's body to ashes.
vi Gia đình đã quyết định hoả thiêu thi hài.
en The family decided to cremate the body.
Parts
hoả / thiêu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 火燒 …
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Parts
hoả / thiêu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 火燒 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 火燒
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
火燒
Candidates by syllable
hoả
火
thiêu
燒
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
hỏa thiêu / nhiên thiêu / tự thiêu / chết thiêu …
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Similar
hỏa thiêu / nhiên thiêu / tự thiêu / chết thiêu …
Use
tàu hoả / hoả xa / hoả khí / hoả hoạn …
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Use
tàu hoả / hoả xa / hoả khí / hoả hoạn …