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mài

Pronunciation Northern /ma̤ːj˨˩/ Central /maːj˧˧/ Southern /maːj˨˩/
grind
2 senses
Verb
grind
Details
2 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
grind Pronouns & DemonstrativesTheme

To rub a surface against something hard or rough to make it smooth or sharp.

vi Anh ấy đang mài con dao cho thật sắc.

en He is grinding the knife to make it sharp.

Pronoun

Sense 2 Pronoun
you

An alternative form of the informal pronoun used to address a close friend or peer.

vi Mài đi đâu đấy?

en Where are you going?

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
磨
Candidates by syllable
mài 磨（𢲪 / 𥓄 / 𥓴 / 𥕄）
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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