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nao

Pronunciation Northern /naːw˧˧/ Central /naːw˧˥/ Southern /naːw˧˧/
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anxious or uneasy
Adjective
anxious or uneasy
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
anxious or uneasy Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

Feeling worried, nervous, or uncomfortable about something that is happening or might happen in the future.

vi Lòng tôi bỗng thấy nao nao trước buổi chia tay.

en My heart suddenly felt anxious before the farewell.

Pronoun

Sense 2 Pronoun
alternative form of which Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & ParticlesTheme

A variation in spelling or pronunciation of the Vietnamese question word meaning which or what.

vi Anh chọn cái nao?

en Which one do you choose?

Parts
呶
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
呶
Candidates by syllable
nao 呶
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
nao nức / nao núng / nao lòng / nao nao
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Starts with this word

nao nức/nao núng/nao lòng/nao nao

Use
nôn nao / no nao / Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & Particles
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Words containing this

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Pronouns, Demonstratives, Classifiers & ParticlesTheme
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