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lính canh

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sentry
Noun
sentry

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
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A soldier whose job is to stand guard and protect a specific location.

vi Một người lính canh đang đứng trước cổng doanh trại.

en A sentry is standing in front of the military camp gate.

Parts
lính / canh / 𠔦更
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠔦更
Candidates by syllable
lính 𠔦 canh 更(耕 / 庚 / 羮 / 𥓷)
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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lĩnh canh
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lính thủy / lính thuỷ / lính tập / lính dù …
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