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năm xưa

Pronunciation Northern /nam˧˧ sɨə˧˧/ Central /nam˧˥ sɨə˧˥/ Southern /nam˧˧ sɨə˧˧/
Listen
olden times
Noun
olden times

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
olden times Time & CalendarTheme Time & calendarTag

A period in the past that refers to olden times or days that have long since passed.

vi Những kỷ niệm của năm xưa ùa về trong tâm trí tôi.

en Memories of olden times came flooding back to my mind.

Parts
năm / xưa / A compound of năm + xưa …
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Components

Components

năm xưa

OriginA compound of năm + xưa

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠄼𠸗
Candidates by syllable
năm 𠄼（𢆥） xưa 𠸗
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.
Use
thứ năm / tháng năm / trăm năm / năm tháng …
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năm (five) — words using
xưa (ancient) — words using
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