nghèo đói
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋɛ̤w˨˩ ɗɔj˧˥/
Central
/ŋɛw˧˧ ɗɔ̰j˩˧/
Southern
/ŋɛw˨˩ ɗɔj˧˥/
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starving
Adjective
starving
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
starving
Very poor and lacking basic needs such as food, money, or housing.
vi Gia đình ấy từng rất nghèo đói.
en That family used to be very poor.
Parts
nghèo / đói / A compound of nghèo + đói …
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Parts
nghèo / đói / A compound of nghèo + đói …
OriginA compound of nghèo + đói
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嶢𩛜
Candidates by syllable
nghèo
嶢（𠨪 / 𧹅）
đói
𩛜（𩟡）
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
nghèo / nghèo nàn / nghèo hèn / Nghèo rớt mồng tơi …
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Similar
nghèo / nghèo nàn / nghèo hèn / Nghèo rớt mồng tơi …
Use
đói nghèo / hiểm nghèo / dân nghèo / nghèo khổ …
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Use
đói nghèo / hiểm nghèo / dân nghèo / nghèo khổ …