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xái

Pronunciation Northern /saːj˧˥/ Central /sa̰ːj˩˧/ Southern /saːj˧˥/
dregs
Noun
dregs
1 senses
Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
dregs

The solid remains or residue left after smoking tobacco or opium, which are generally considered to be waste.

vi Anh ta vứt xái thuốc lá vào thùng rác.

en He threw the cigarette dregs into the trash can.

Parts
Borrowed from Teochew / 𡳁
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OriginBorrowed from Teochew

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡳁
Candidates by syllable
xái 𡳁
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
xài / cặn / dregs
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning

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dregs vi: xái / ja: 吸い殻 / WordNet aligned
Use
xăng xái / bái xái
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