thiên lao
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰiən˧˧ laːw˧˧/
Central
/tʰiəŋ˧˥ laːw˧˥/
Southern
/tʰiəŋ˧˧ laːw˧˧/
Listen
imperial prison
unknown
imperial prison
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
unknown
imperial prison
This term refers to a legendary prison in the sky or a high-security facility used by an imperial government.
vi Trong truyện cổ tích, con rồng bị nhốt ở thiên lao.
en In the fairy tale, the dragon was locked in the heavenly prison.
Parts
thiên / lao / 天勞
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Parts
thiên / lao / 天勞
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
天勞
Candidates by syllable
thiên
天
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
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
công lao / nhà lao / chín chữ cù lao / đề lao …
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Similar
công lao / nhà lao / chín chữ cù lao / đề lao …
Use
thiên tài / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …
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Use
thiên tài / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …