ma tà
Pronunciation
Northern
/maː˧˧ ta̤ː˨˩/
Central
/maː˧˥ taː˧˧/
Southern
/maː˧˧ taː˨˩/
colonial police
Noun
colonial police
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
colonial police
Colonial police refers to the law enforcement officers during the period of French colonization in Vietnam.
vi Những tên ma tà hung ác đã bị nhân dân trừng trị.
en The cruel colonial police were punished by the people.
Parts
ma / tà / 麻斜
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Parts
ma / tà / 麻斜
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
麻斜
Candidates by syllable
ma
麻（魔）
tà
斜（邪）
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
mã tà / trừ tà / dâm tà / ác tà
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Similar
mã tà / trừ tà / dâm tà / ác tà
Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …
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Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …