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riu riu

Pronunciation Northern /ziw˧˧ ziw˧˧/ Central /ʐiw˧˥ ʐiw˧˥/ Southern /ɹiw˧˧ ɹiw˧˧/
Listen
mildly
Adverb
mildly

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adverb
mildly

Performing an action in a gentle, quiet, or submissive manner without being intense or aggressive.

vi Anh ấy trả lời một cách riu riu khi bị mắng.

en He answered mildly when he was scolded.

Parts
riu / riu / 燎燎
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Components

Components

riu riu
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
燎燎
Candidates by syllable
riu 燎 riu 燎
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
hiu / nhẹ nhàng / sè sẽ / riu …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Starts with this word

riu

Meaning links

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mildly vi: riu riu / ja: 穏やか / WordNet aligned
Use
tép riu
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riu (shrimp trap) — words using
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