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tiếp tay

Pronunciation Northern /tiəp˧˥ taj˧˧/ Central /tiə̰p˩˧ taj˧˥/ Southern /tiəp˧˥ taj˧˧/
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abet
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abet Politics & InstitutionsTheme

To abet means to encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, particularly to help them commit a crime.

vi Anh ta bị buộc tội tiếp tay cho kẻ trộm tẩu thoát.

en He was accused of abetting the thief's escape.

Parts
tiếp / tay / A compound of tiếp + tay …
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Components

Components

tiếp tay

OriginA compound of tiếp + tay

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
接拪
Candidates by syllable
tiếp 接 tay 拪（𢬣）
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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a tòng / xúi giục / abet
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Same meaning

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abet vi: tiếp tay / ja: 加担 / WordNet aligned
Use
tiếp tục / giao tiếp / tiếp tân / tiếp theo …
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tiếp (join) — words using
tay (hand) — words using
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