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nến

Pronunciation Northern /nen˧˥/ Central /nḛn˩˧/ Southern /nəːŋ˧˥/
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candle
Noun
candle
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
candle

A cylindrical object made of wax with a central wick that is burned to provide light.

vi Cô ấy thắp một ngọn nến nhỏ để làm ấm căn phòng.

en She lit a small candle to warm the room.

Sense 2 Noun
wax

A soft solid substance that melts easily, used for making candles or various surface polishing products.

vi Anh ấy dùng nến để đánh bóng bề mặt chiếc bàn gỗ cũ.

en He used wax to polish the surface of the old wooden table.

Parts
𢆭
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢆭
Candidates by syllable
nến 𢆭(𤓢)
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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nén / nền / nện / nên
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cây nến / giấy nến / vảy nến
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