tê tê
Pronunciation
Northern
/te˧˧ te˧˧/
Central
/te˧˥ te˧˥/
Southern
/te˧˧ te˧˧/
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pangolin
Noun
pangolin
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Noun
pangolin Animals & Pets
Animals
A type of mammal with a body covered in hard scales that typically feeds on ants and termites.
vi Con tê tê thường cuộn tròn cơ thể để tự vệ.
en The pangolin often curls its body into a ball for defense.
Parts
tê / tê / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
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Parts
tê / tê / Inherited from Proto-Vietic …
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嘶嘶
Candidates by syllable
tê
嘶（犀 / 痹 / 𤷒 / 𤺳）
tê
嘶（犀 / 痹 / 𤷒 / 𤺳）
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.
Use
phê như con tê tê / thuốc tê / tê giác / tê cóng …
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Use
phê như con tê tê / thuốc tê / tê giác / tê cóng …