See gì on Wiktionary
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}
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"ipa": "[ɡi˥˧]"
}
],
"word": "gì"
}
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"Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Vietnamese lemmas",
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"word": "gì nữa"
},
{
"word": "gì thì gì"
},
{
"word": "hèn gì"
},
{
"word": "huống gì"
},
{
"word": "khác gì"
},
{
"word": "không có gì"
},
{
"word": "làm gì"
},
{
"word": "mùi gì"
},
{
"word": "mùi mẽ gì"
},
{
"word": "ra gì"
},
{
"word": "thiếu gì"
},
{
"word": "tội tình gì"
},
{
"word": "việc gì"
}
],
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"name": "cog"
}
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"CJK"
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{
"form": "咦",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
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{
"form": "夷",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
},
{
"form": "芇",
"tags": [
"CJK"
]
}
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{
"categories": [
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"Southern Vietnamese"
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"what; whatever"
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"Vietnam"
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[
"anything",
"anything"
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"(Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) anything"
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"Southern",
"Vietnam"
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"ipa": "[zi˨˩]",
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"Hà-Nội"
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},
{
"ipa": "[jɪj˦˩]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
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{
"ipa": "[jɪj˨˩]",
"note": "Saigon"
},
{
"homophone": "dì"
}
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"Central",
"Southern",
"Vietnam"
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"word": "chi"
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{
"tags": [
"Internet"
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"word": "giề"
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"tags": [
"abbreviation"
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"2": "chi"
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "gì",
"name": "vi-interj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "vi",
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{
"word": "chi"
}
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"An interrogative expression nearly equivalent to “What?”"
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"ipa": "[jɪj˦˩]",
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"Central",
"Southern",
"Vietnam"
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"tags": [
"Internet"
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{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
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}
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}
Download raw JSONL data for gì meaning in All languages combined (8.7kB)
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