kiện cáo
Pronunciation
Northern
/kiə̰ʔn˨˩ kaːw˧˥/
Central
/kiə̰ŋ˨˨ ka̰ːw˩˧/
Southern
/kiəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˧˥/
Listen
sue
Verb
sue
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to sue someone Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
The act of starting a legal case against someone in a court of law.
vi Hai bên quyết định kiện cáo nhau ra tòa.
en The two parties decided to sue each other in court.
Parts
kiện / cáo / A compound of kiện + cáo …
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Parts
kiện / cáo / A compound of kiện + cáo …
OriginA compound of kiện + cáo
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
件吿
Candidates by syllable
kiện
件
cáo
吿（𤞺）
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
kiện / kiện toàn / kiện tụng / kiện khang …
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Similar
kiện / kiện toàn / kiện tụng / kiện khang …
Use
sự kiện / vụ kiện / thưa kiện / khởi kiện …
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Use
sự kiện / vụ kiện / thưa kiện / khởi kiện …