kẹt
Pronunciation
Northern
/kɛ̰ʔt˨˩/
Central
/kɛ̰k˨˨/
Southern
/kɛk˨˩˨/
Listen
stuck
Adjective
stuck
3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Meaning
3 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
stuck
Properties & States
This adjective describes the state of being trapped or fixed in a position so that movement is difficult or impossible.
vi Chiếc chìa khóa đã bị kẹt trong ổ khóa.
en The key is stuck in the lock.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to be stuck
To be stuck means to become fixed in a place or situation and unable to move forward or backward.
vi Chúng tôi đã bị kẹt trong đám đông hàng giờ.
en We were stuck in the crowd for hours.
Sense 3
Verb
to be busy
In a casual sense, this verb is used to say that someone is busy and cannot attend to other matters.
vi Hôm nay tôi hơi kẹt nên không thể đi chơi.
en I am a bit busy today, so I cannot go out.
Parts
磔
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Parts
磔
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
磔
Candidates by syllable
kẹt
磔
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
kết / két / kẹt xe / kẹt xỉ …
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Similar
kết / két / kẹt xe / kẹt xỉ …
Use
mắc kẹt / kẽo cà kẽo kẹt / cọt kẹt / kẽo kẹt
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Use
mắc kẹt / kẽo cà kẽo kẹt / cọt kẹt / kẽo kẹt