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nẹp

Pronunciation Northern /nɛ̰ʔp˨˩/ Central /nɛ̰p˨˨/ Southern /nɛp˨˩˨/
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hem
Noun
hem
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
hem

The edge of a piece of clothing that is folded and sewn to prevent fraying.

vi Mẹ tôi đang khâu lại phần nẹp áo bị tuột chỉ.

en My mother is sewing back the hem of the shirt that came undone.

Sense 2 Noun
rim

The outer edge or border that surrounds a circular or curved object or surface.

vi Phần nẹp của chiếc đĩa sứ được trang trí rất tinh xảo.

en The rim of the porcelain plate is very exquisitely decorated.

Sense 3 Noun
splint

A rigid object used to hold a broken bone or injured joint in place.

vi Bác sĩ dùng một cái nẹp để cố định cánh tay bị gãy.

en The doctor used a splint to hold the broken arm in place.

Parts
衲
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
衲
Candidates by syllable
nẹp 衲(𣘆)
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.
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nếp / nệp / nép
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