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ba gai

Pronunciation Northern /ɓaː˧˧ ɣaːj˧˧/ Central /ɓaː˧˥ ɣaːj˧˥/ Southern /ɓaː˧˧ ɣaːj˧˧/
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quarrelsome
Adjective
quarrelsome

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
quarrelsome

Describing someone who is inclined to argue or get into disputes with others easily.

vi Anh ta là một kẻ ba gai thường xuyên gây gổ với hàng xóm.

en He is a quarrelsome person who frequently gets into disputes with neighbors.

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ba / gai / Borrowed from French …
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸荄
Candidates by syllable
ba 爸 gai 荄(𦃮)
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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