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tu dưỡng

Pronunciation Northern /tu˧˧ zɨəʔəŋ˧˥/ Central /tu˧˥ jɨəŋ˧˩˨/ Southern /tu˧˧ jɨəŋ˨˩˦/
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cultivate oneself
Verb
cultivate oneself

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
cultivate oneself Feelings, Appearance & PersonalityTheme School & EducationTheme

The continuous process of training oneself morally and intellectually in order to become a better and more capable person.

vi Chúng ta cần thường xuyên tu dưỡng đạo đức.

en We need to regularly improve our moral character.

Parts
tu / dưỡng / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 修養 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 修養

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
修養
Candidates by syllable
tu 修(鬚 / 𣛪 / 𪅭 / 𪆦) dưỡng 養
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
từ đường / tự dưỡng
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Use
tu thành chính quả / tu sửa / tu nghiệp / tu bổ …
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