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ma đói

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hungry ghost
Noun
hungry ghost
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Meaning
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hungry ghost Culture & Proper NounsTheme

A supernatural being in folklore that is condemned to suffer from constant and unsatisfied hunger.

vi Trong truyền thuyết, ma đói luôn đi lang thang để tìm kiếm thức ăn.

en In legend, the hungry ghost always wanders looking for food.

Parts
ma / đói / A compound of ma + đói …
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Components

Components

ma đói

OriginA compound of ma + đói

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
麻𩛜
Candidates by syllable
ma 麻（魔） đói 𩛜（𩟡）
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
nhịn đói / chết đói / chó đói
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Ends with this word

nhịn đói/chết đói/chó đói

Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …
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ma (ghost) — words using
đói (hungry) — words using
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