tai
Pronunciation
Northern
/taːj˧˧/
Central
/taːj˧˥/
Southern
/taːj˧˧/
Listen
ear
Noun
ear
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
ear Body & Physical Features
Body parts
The organ on either side of the head that is used by humans and animals for hearing sounds.
vi Tai của thỏ rất dài.
en The rabbit's ears are very long.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 災
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 災
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
災
Candidates by syllable
tai
災（灾 / 哉 / 𦖻）
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
tai nạn / tai ác / tai vạ / tai hồng …
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Similar
tai nạn / tai ác / tai vạ / tai hồng …
Use
tai nghe / tai hại / đầu cua tai nheo / tóc tai …
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Use
tai nghe / tai hại / đầu cua tai nheo / tóc tai …