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ngào

Pronunciation Northern /ŋa̤ːw˨˩/ Central /ŋaːw˧˧/ Southern /ŋaːw˨˩/
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coat in sugar
Verb
coat in sugar
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Meaning
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to coat in sugar Core ActionsTheme

To cover food, typically fruit or nuts, in a thick layer of sugar or syrup.

vi Mẹ tôi đang ngào mứt dừa để chuẩn bị cho ngày lễ.

en My mother is coating coconut in sugar to prepare for the holiday.

Parts
敖
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
敖
Candidates by syllable
ngào 敖（𢳆）
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
ngáo / ngạo / ngào ngạt
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

ngào ngạt

Use
ngọt ngào / nghẹn ngào / ngạt ngào
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Words containing this

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