ma da
Pronunciation
Northern
/maː˧˧ zaː˧˧/
Central
/maː˧˥ jaː˧˥/
Southern
/maː˧˧ jaː˧˧/
water ghost
2 senses
2 meanings
2 Components
Noun
water ghost
Proper noun
Ma Da
Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
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Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
water ghost
Sense 1
Noun
water ghost
Culture & Proper Nouns
A type of aquatic spirit or ghost in folklore believed to cause swimmers to drown.
vi Trẻ em thường được dặn dò phải cẩn thận với ma da khi đi bơi.
en Children are often told to be careful of the water ghost when swimming.
Ma Da
Sense 1
Proper noun
personal name
Ma Da — a water-ghost figure in Vietnamese folklore
vi Ma Da là tên của một người.
en Ma Da is a person's name.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
摩耶
Candidates by syllable
ma
麻（魔）
da
䏧
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.