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tra tấn

Pronunciation Northern /ʨaː˧˧ tən˧˥/ Central /tʂaː˧˥ tə̰ŋ˩˧/ Southern /tʂaː˧˧ təŋ˧˥/
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torture
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torture

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
torture Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme

To inflict severe physical or mental pain on someone to extract information.

vi Bị cáo khai rằng mình đã bị tra tấn dã man.

en The defendant claimed that he was brutally tortured.

Parts
tra / tấn / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 查訊 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 查訊

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
查訊
Candidates by syllable
tra 查 tấn 殯
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
trà tân / tra cứu / tra hỏi / tra khảo …
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Use
kiểm tra / thanh tra / tuần tra / phúc tra …
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