kêu cứu
Pronunciation
Northern
/kew˧˧ kiw˧˥/
Central
/kew˧˥ kɨ̰w˩˧/
Southern
/kew˧˧ kɨw˧˥/
Listen
call for help
Verb
call for help
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
call for help Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
To call for help is to shout or signal for assistance when in a dangerous situation.
vi Anh ấy kêu cứu khi bị rơi xuống nước.
en He called for help when he fell into the water.
Parts
kêu / cứu / A compound of kêu + cứu …
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Parts
kêu / cứu / A compound of kêu + cứu …
OriginA compound of kêu + cứu
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡆌究
Candidates by syllable
kêu
𡆌
cứu
究
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
kêu / kêu la / kêu van / kêu gào …
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Similar
kêu / kêu la / kêu van / kêu gào …
Use
kêu ca / kêu nài / kêu gọi / kêu vang …
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Use
kêu ca / kêu nài / kêu gọi / kêu vang …