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tử tù

Pronunciation Northern /tɨ̰˧˩˧ tṳ˨˩/ Central /tɨ˧˩˨ tu˧˧/ Southern /tɨ˨˩˦ tu˨˩/
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Noun
death row inmate
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Meaning
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death row inmate Politics & InstitutionsTheme

This noun refers to a prisoner who has been sentenced to death and is awaiting the execution of the sentence.

vi Người tử tù đang chờ đợi bản án cuối cùng.

en The death row inmate is awaiting the final sentence.

Parts
tử / tù / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 死囚 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 死囚

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
死囚
Candidates by syllable
tử (泅)
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
tu tư / tự tu / tự tử / tu từ …
Use
hoàng tử / sư tử / quân tử / thư điện tử …
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