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nói lái

Pronunciation Northern /nɔj˧˥ laːj˧˥/ Central /nɔ̰j˩˧ la̰ːj˩˧/ Southern /nɔj˧˥ laːj˧˥/
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spoonerism
Verb
spoonerism
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
spoonerism Slang/Loanwords/OnomatopoeiaTheme

To switch the sounds of words to create a new phrase with a humorous meaning.

vi Trẻ con thường thích chơi trò nói lái.

en Children often like playing with spoonerisms.

Parts
nói / lái / 呐俚
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Components

Components

nói lái
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
呐俚
Candidates by syllable
nói 呐 lái 俚（梩）
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
cầm lái / bẻ lái / phở không người lái / dẫn lái …
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Ends with this word

cầm lái/bẻ lái/phở không người lái/dẫn lái/bổ túc tay lái/mất lái/lai lái

Use
nói chuyện / nói dối / lời nói / tiếng nói …
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nói (to speak) — words using
lái (drive) — words using
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