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liếm

Pronunciation Northern /liəm˧˥/ Central /liə̰m˩˧/ Southern /liəm˧˥/
Listen
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Verb
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
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To move the tongue over the surface of something to taste or clean it.

vi Con mèo liếm lông để làm sạch cơ thể.

en The cat licks its fur to clean itself.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𡄥
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OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡄥
Candidates by syllable
liếm 𡄥（𦧷）
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
liệm / liềm / liếm láp / liếm môi …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning
Starts with this word

liếm môi/liếm gót/liếm đít

Use
lấp liếm / la liếm
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Words containing this

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