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khù khụ

Pronunciation Northern /xṳ˨˩ xṵʔ˨˩/ Central /kʰu˧˧ kʰṵ˨˨/ Southern /kʰu˨˩ kʰu˨˩˨/
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coughing sound
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coughing sound
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Meaning
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Sense 1 unknown
coughing sound

An onomatopoeia for a deep and heavy sound of coughing, often heard from elderly or sick people.

vi Ông lão ho khù khụ suốt cả đêm do thời tiết trở lạnh.

en The old man coughed with a deep sound all night because the weather turned cold.

Parts
khụ / 𣞃𦒵
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Components

Components

khụ
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣞃𦒵
Candidates by syllable
khù 𣞃（𦟾） khụ 𦒵（𦓇）
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
khừ khừ / khư khư / khù khờ / khù khoằm …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

khù khờ/khù khoằm

Ends with this word

già khụ/lụ khụ

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