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rầu

Pronunciation Northern /zə̤w˨˩/ Central /ʐəw˧˧/ Southern /ɹəw˨˩/
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gloomy or melancholy
Adjective
gloomy or melancholy
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
gloomy or melancholy Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

Feeling or showing a state of deep sadness, gloom, or being very grieved about something.

vi Khuôn mặt anh ấy trông rất rầu sau khi nghe tin buồn.

en His face looked very gloomy after hearing the sad news.

Particle

Sense 2 Particle
regional form of rồi

A dialectal form of the word rồi used primarily in the regions of Central Vietnam.

vi Tôi ăn cơm rầu.

en I have eaten already.

Parts
愁
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
愁
Candidates by syllable
rầu 𠿈
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
râu / rầu rĩ / rầu rầu
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Use
buồn rầu / con sâu làm rầu nồi canh
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