vảy
Pronunciation
Northern
/va̰j˧˩˧/
Central
/jaj˧˩˨/
Southern
/jaj˨˩˦/
Listen
scales
Noun
scales
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
scales
The small, thin, and hard plates that cover and protect the skin of many fish and certain other animals.
vi Con cá này có những cái vảy màu bạc lấp lánh.
en This fish has shiny silver scales.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𩺩
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𩺩
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩺩
Candidates by syllable
vảy
𩺩
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
váy / vầy / vấy / vậy …
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Similar
váy / vầy / vấy / vậy …
Use
đóng vảy
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Use
đóng vảy