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xui

Pronunciation Northern /suj˧˧/ Central /suj˧˥/ Southern /suj˧˧/
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unlucky
Adjective
unlucky
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2 senses
Meaning
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
unlucky Properties & StatesTheme

encountering unfortunate events or risks in the course of one's life.

vi Hôm nay tôi gặp chuyện xui.

en Today I had some bad luck.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
to incite

to urge or entice someone to do something, often something bad.

vi Anh ấy xui tôi làm điều xấu.

en He urged me to do something bad.

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Candidates by syllable
xui 𠺼
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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xui khiến / xui rủi / xui nguyên giục bị
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xui xẻo / hên xui / xui giục
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