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khê

Pronunciation Northern /xe˧˧/ Central /kʰe˧˥/ Southern /kʰe˧˧/
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overcooked
Adjective
overcooked
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
overcooked Properties & StatesTheme

a state of food, especially rice, that has been overcooked and has a slightly burnt smell or taste.

vi Nồi cơm hôm nay bị khê nhẹ.

en Today's rice is slightly overcooked.

Parts
谿
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
谿
Candidates by syllable
khê 谿（𤐓 / 𥻺）
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
khế / khè / khẽ
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
hương khê / thạch khê / thất khê / phù khê …
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

giang khê cơm khê
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