ong bầu
Pronunciation
Northern
/awŋ˧˧ ɓə̤w˨˩/
Central
/awŋ˧˥ ɓəw˧˧/
Southern
/awŋ˧˧ ɓəw˨˩/
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carpenter bee
Noun
carpenter bee
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
carpenter bee Discourse & Logic
A large bee that builds its nest by tunneling into wood structures.
vi Có một con ong bầu đang đục lỗ trên cột gỗ.
en There is a carpenter bee tunneling into the wooden post.
Parts
ong / bầu / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
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Parts
ong / bầu / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蜂瓢
Candidates by syllable
ong
蜂（螉）
bầu
瓢（匏）
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
ông bầu / carpenter bee
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Similar
ông bầu / carpenter bee
Use
ăn ong / con ong / mật ong / ong ong …
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Use
ăn ong / con ong / mật ong / ong ong …