rỉ
Pronunciation
Northern
/zḭ˧˩˧/
Central
/ʐi˧˩˨/
Southern
/ɹi˨˩˦/
rusty
3 senses
Adjective
rusty
Verb
to leak
Verb
to whisper
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
rusty
Properties & States
Covered with or affected by the reddish-brown substance formed on iron by oxidation.
vi Chiếc đinh cũ đã bị rỉ do độ ẩm cao.
en The old nail has become rusty due to high moisture.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to leak
To pass out or escape slowly through small holes or gaps in a container.
vi Nước đang rỉ ra từ chiếc bình qua một khe hở nhỏ.
en Water is leaking from the container through a small gap.
Sense 3
Verb
to whisper
To speak very softly into someone's ear so that others cannot hear the words.
vi Cô ấy rỉ vào tai bạn một điều bí mật.
en She whispered a secret into her friend's ear.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
涖
Candidates by syllable
rỉ
涖（𠯇 / 𠺨）
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.