mong ngóng
Pronunciation
Northern
/mawŋ˧˧ ŋawŋ˧˥/
Central
/mawŋ˧˥ ŋa̰wŋ˩˧/
Southern
/mawŋ˧˧ ŋawŋ˧˥/
Listen
to look forward to
Verb
to look forward to
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
wait expectantly Feelings, Appearance & Personality
To wait for something with a lot of excitement or impatience.
vi Mọi người đang mong ngóng tin tức từ chuyến đi.
en Everyone is waiting expectantly for news from the trip.
Parts
mong / ngóng / A compound of mong + ngóng …
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Parts
mong / ngóng / A compound of mong + ngóng …
OriginA compound of mong + ngóng
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
懞顒
Candidates by syllable
mong
懞
ngóng
顒（𥈿 / 𥍎）
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
mong / mong muốn / mong chờ / mong mỏi …
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Similar
mong / mong muốn / mong chờ / mong mỏi …
Use
mong đợi / cầu mong / trông mong / nhớ mong …
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Use
mong đợi / cầu mong / trông mong / nhớ mong …