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tam canh

Pronunciation Northern /taːm˧˧ kajŋ˧˧/ Central /taːm˧˥ kan˧˥/ Southern /taːm˧˧ kan˧˧/
third night watch
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third night watch
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 unknown
third night watch

The third period of the five traditional nighttime watches in ancient times.

vi Tiếng gà gáy rộ lên vào lúc tam canh.

en The roosters started crowing during the third night watch.

Parts
tam / canh / 三更
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Components

Components

tam canh
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
三更
Candidates by syllable
tam 三 canh 更（耕 / 庚 / 羮 / 𥓷）
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
nhất canh trì, nhị canh viên, tam canh điền / tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan …
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Words containing this
tam (younger sibling) — words using
canh (vegetable soup) — words using
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