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mắc kẹt

Pronunciation Northern /mak˧˥ kɛ̰ʔt˨˩/ Central /ma̰k˩˧ kɛ̰k˨˨/ Southern /mak˧˥ kɛk˨˩˨/
Listen
to get stuck
Verb
to get stuck
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Verb
to get stuck Properties & StatesTheme

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 …

OriginA compound of mắc + kẹt

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
縸磔
Candidates by syllable
mắc (𢹇) kẹt
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 …
Use
mắc phải / ca mắc / khúc mắc / mắc cạn …
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