nôn khan
retch; dry heave
Verb
retch; dry heave
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
retch; dry heave Core Actions
To make an effort to vomit without actually producing any stomach contents, often feeling a strong urge to do so.
vi Anh ấy cảm thấy buồn nôn và liên tục nôn khan.
en He felt nauseous and kept having dry heaves.
Parts
nôn / khan / A compound of nôn + khan …
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Parts
nôn / khan / A compound of nôn + khan …
OriginA compound of nôn + khan
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡁛看
Candidates by syllable
nôn
𡁛（𡄨）
khan
看（𠸦）
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
nôn / nôn nao / nôn mửa / nôn nóng …
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Similar
nôn / nôn nao / nôn mửa / nôn nóng …
Use
buồn nôn / túi nôn / khan hiếm / ba khan …
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Use
buồn nôn / túi nôn / khan hiếm / ba khan …