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gái bao

Pronunciation Northern /ɣaːj˧˥ ɓaːw˧˧/ Central /ɣa̰ːj˩˧ ɓaːw˧˥/ Southern /ɣaːj˧˥ ɓaːw˧˧/
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courtesan
Noun
courtesan
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
courtesan RelationshipsTheme

A woman who is paid by a wealthy person to be their long-term companion and sexual partner.

vi Cô ấy chấp nhận cuộc sống của một gái bao để có tiền.

en She accepted the life of a courtesan to have money.

Parts
gái / bao / A compound of gái + bao …
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Components

Components

gái bao

OriginA compound of gái + bao

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡛔包
Candidates by syllable
gái 𡛔 bao 包
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
vợ bé
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Easily confused

Same meaning
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con gái / cô gái / bạn gái / bé gái …
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gái (girls and women) — words using
bao (bag) — words using
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