mắc kẹt
Pronunciation
Northern
/mak˧˥ kɛ̰ʔt˨˩/
Central
/ma̰k˩˧ kɛ̰k˨˨/
Southern
/mak˧˥ kɛk˨˩˨/
Listen
to get stuck
Verb
to get stuck
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to get stuck Descriptive Properties, States & Register Forms
To be held in a particular place and unable to move away.
vi Con mèo của tôi đang bị mắc kẹt trên cành cây cao.
en My cat is getting stuck on a high tree branch.
Parts
mắc / kẹt / A compound of mắc + kẹt …
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Parts
mắc / kẹt / A compound of mắc + kẹt …
OriginA compound of mắc + kẹt
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
縸磔
Candidates by syllable
mắc
縸（𢹇）
kẹt
磔
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
thoát khỏi / giải thoát / kẽo cà kẽo kẹt / cọt kẹt …
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Similar
thoát khỏi / giải thoát / kẽo cà kẽo kẹt / cọt kẹt …
Use
mắc phải / ca mắc / khúc mắc / mắc cạn …
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Use
mắc phải / ca mắc / khúc mắc / mắc cạn …