vỗ về
Pronunciation
Northern
/voʔo˧˥ ve̤˨˩/
Central
/jo˧˩˨ je˧˧/
Southern
/jo˨˩˦ je˨˩/
Listen
comfort
Verb
comfort
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
comfort Family, Relationships & Life Events
To say or do something kind to make someone feel less worried or sad.
vi Người mẹ đang vỗ về đứa trẻ đang khóc.
en The mother is comforting the crying child.
Parts
vỗ / về / 撫𡗅
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Parts
vỗ / về / 撫𡗅
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
撫𡗅
Candidates by syllable
vỗ
撫（𢯞）
về
𡗅
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.
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