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vẫy tay

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wave
Verb
wave

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Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
wave Core ActionsTheme

To move one's hand back and forth to greet someone or to attract their attention.

vi Đứa trẻ vẫy tay chào tạm biệt khi xe bắt đầu lăn bánh.

en The child waved goodbye as the car began to roll away.

Parts
vẫy / tay / 𢭶拪
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢭶拪
Candidates by syllable
vẫy 𢭶 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.
Similar
vẫy / vẫy gọi / wave
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Use
vùng vẫy / chia tay / bàn tay / cánh tay …
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