làm mai
Pronunciation
Northern
/la̤ːm˨˩ maːj˧˧/
Central
/laːm˧˧ maːj˧˥/
Southern
/laːm˨˩ maːj˧˧/
Listen
matchmake
Verb
matchmake
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
matchmake
To matchmake is the act of introducing two people to each other with the goal of helping them start a relationship.
vi Bà tôi thường làm mai cho những người trẻ trong làng.
en My grandmother often matchmakes for the young people in the village.
Parts
làm / mai / 𫜵埋
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Parts
làm / mai / 𫜵埋
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𫜵埋
Candidates by syllable
làm
𫜵
mai
埋
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.
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ban mai / báo hoa mai / sáng mai / hồng mai …
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Similar
ban mai / báo hoa mai / sáng mai / hồng mai …
Use
việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm sao …
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Use
việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm sao …