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ton hót

Pronunciation Northern /tɔn˧˧ hɔt˧˥/ Central /tɔŋ˧˥ hɔ̰k˩˧/ Southern /tɔŋ˧˧ hɔk˧˥/
to flatter or fawn
Verb
to flatter or fawn
1 senses 1 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to flatter or fawn Core ActionsTheme

To praise someone excessively or behave in an overly submissive way to win their favor.

vi Anh ta luôn ton hót sếp để được thăng tiến.

en He is always fawning over his boss to get a promotion.

Parts
hót / 噂唿
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Components

Components

hót
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
噂唿
Candidates by syllable
ton 噂 hót 唿
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
nịnh / nịnh bợ / dua nịnh / siểm nịnh …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Starts with this word

ton ton

Ends with this word

tiếng hót/nịnh hót

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fawn vi: ton hót / ja: おべっか / WordNet aligned
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