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kiêng cữ

Pronunciation Northern /kiəŋ˧˧ kɨʔɨ˧˥/ Central /kiəŋ˧˥ kɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /kiəŋ˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦/
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abstain
Verb
abstain

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abstain

The act of intentionally avoiding certain foods or activities for health reasons or religious beliefs.

vi Sau khi phẫu thuật, anh ấy phải kiêng cữ một số loại thức ăn.

en After the surgery, he has to abstain from certain types of food.

Parts
kiêng / cữ / A compound of kiêng + cữ …
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OriginA compound of kiêng + cữ

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠶛晤
Candidates by syllable
kiêng 𠶛 cữ 晤(昛 / 𣈝 / 𤯶 / 𤰁)
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
kiêng / kiêng kị / kiêng nể / kiêng khem …
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Use
ăn kiêng / chế độ ăn kiêng
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