xa xưa
Pronunciation
Northern
/saː˧˧ sɨə˧˧/
Central
/saː˧˥ sɨə˧˥/
Southern
/saː˧˧ sɨə˧˧/
Listen
ancient
Adjective
ancient
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
ancient; long ago Time & Calendar
Belonging to a very distant period in the past or occurring during ancient times.
vi Những câu chuyện từ thời xa xưa vẫn còn được lưu truyền.
en Stories from ancient times are still being passed down.
Parts
xa / xưa / A compound of xa + xưa …
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Parts
xa / xưa / A compound of xa + xưa …
OriginA compound of xa + xưa
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
賖𠸗
Candidates by syllable
xa
賖
xưa
𠸗
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.
Use
xa lộ / hoả xa / lo xa / cao chạy xa bay …
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Use
xa lộ / hoả xa / lo xa / cao chạy xa bay …