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xà bông

Pronunciation Northern /sa̤ː˨˩ ɓəwŋ˧˧/ Central /saː˧˧ ɓəwŋ˧˥/ Southern /saː˨˩ ɓəwŋ˧˧/
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soap
Noun
soap
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
soap Furniture & Household ItemsTheme Things at homeTag

A substance used with water for washing and cleaning the body or other objects, often made from fats.

vi Tôi dùng xà bông để tắm.

en I use soap to wash my body.

Sense 2 Noun
detergent

A chemical substance, often in powder or liquid form, used for cleaning clothes and removing tough stains.

vi Mẹ mua một túi xà bông mới.

en My mother bought a new bag of detergent.

Parts
xà / bông / 蛇葻
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蛇葻
Candidates by syllable
xà 蛇(柁 / 𤥭) bông 葻
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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thuốc giặt / xà vòng / soap / soap
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