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Nam Tào

Pronunciation Northern /naːm˧˧ ta̤ːw˨˩/ Central /naːm˧˥ taːw˧˧/ Southern /naːm˧˧ taːw˨˩/
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southern star
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southern star
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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unknown

Sense 1 unknown
southern star Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

Name of a star or asterism in the south.

vi Ngôi sao Nam Tào sáng lấp lánh trên bầu trời đêm phương nam.

en The Southern Dipper star shines brightly in the southern night sky.

Proper noun

Sense 2 Proper noun
god recording human births Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

The god who records all human births.

vi Ông nội đã kể cho tôi nghe truyền thuyết về vị thần Nam Tào.

en My paternal grandfather told me the legend about the deity Nam Tào.

Parts
nam / tào / 南曹
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
南曹
Candidates by syllable
nam 南 tào 嘈(曹)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
thầy tào / công tào / tư không duyện tào / chính pháp thị tào …
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Use
việt nam / nam tử / hải nam / nam giới …
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