áy náy
Pronunciation
Northern
/aj˧˥ naj˧˥/
Central
/a̰j˩˧ na̰j˩˧/
Southern
/aj˧˥ naj˧˥/
feel guilty
Verb
feel guilty
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
feel guilty Core Actions
To have a feeling of discomfort or regret about something one has done or said.
vi Tôi cảm thấy áy náy vì đã lỡ hẹn với bạn.
en I feel guilty for missing our appointment.
Parts
áy / 噯怩
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Parts
áy / 噯怩
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
噯怩
Candidates by syllable
áy
噯（曖 / 懓 / 燰）
náy
怩
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.
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áy / cẩn tắc vô ưu, vô áy náy
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áy / cẩn tắc vô ưu, vô áy náy