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lao lung

Pronunciation Northern /laːw˧˧ luŋ˧˧/ Central /laːw˧˥ luŋ˧˥/ Southern /laːw˧˧ luŋ˧˧/
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Noun
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Meaning
2 senses

Noun

Sense 1 Noun
prison Core ActionsTheme

A building where people are legally held as a punishment for a crime committed.

vi Người phạm tội bị giam giữ trong lao lung.

en The offender was held in prison.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
prison

A building where people are legally held as a punishment for a crime committed.

vi Anh ấy lo sợ việc phải bị lao lung.

en He feared being sent to prison.

Parts
lao / lung / 勞𢥆
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞𢥆
Candidates by syllable
lao (牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆) lung 𢥆
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
nhà tù / nhà lao / nhà pha / khám đường …
Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …
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