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khiếm nhã

Pronunciation Northern /xiəm˧˥ ɲaʔa˧˥/ Central /kʰiə̰m˩˧ ɲaː˧˩˨/ Southern /kʰiəm˧˥ ɲaː˨˩˦/
Listen
rude
Adjective
rude

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
rude

An attitude or statement that is impolite and not in accordance with social etiquette.

vi Bạn không nên có những lời nói khiếm nhã với khách hàng.

en You should not use rude words with customers.

Parts
nhã / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 欠雅 / 欠雅
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 欠雅

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
欠雅
Candidates by syllable
khiếm 欠 nhã 雅
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
mãng / khiếm diện / khiếm khuyết / khiếm dụng …
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Use
nhã nhạc / nhục nhã / bất nhã / phong nhã
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