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lao xá

Pronunciation Northern /laːw˧˧ saː˧˥/ Central /laːw˧˥ sa̰ː˩˧/ Southern /laːw˧˧ saː˧˥/
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prison
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
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This noun refers to a place where people are confined as punishment for crimes.

vi Ông ta phải chấp hành án phạt trong lao xá.

en He must serve his sentence in prison.

Parts
lao / xá / 勞舍
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞舍
Candidates by syllable
lao (牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆)
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
khám / nhà tù / tù / ngục …
Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …
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