thì thào
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰi̤˨˩ tʰa̤ːw˨˩/
Central
/tʰi˧˧ tʰaːw˧˧/
Southern
/tʰi˨˩ tʰaːw˨˩/
Listen
whisper
Verb
whisper
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
whisper
To speak very quietly using one's breath rather than the throat, so that only those nearby can hear.
vi Đừng thì thào khi người khác đang nói.
en Do not whisper while others are speaking.
Parts
thì / thào / 時㗖
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Parts
thì / thào / 時㗖
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
時㗖
Candidates by syllable
thì
時
thào
㗖
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.
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Use
thế thì / vậy thì / thì giờ / tức thì …
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Use
thế thì / vậy thì / thì giờ / tức thì …