ngáy
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋaj˧˥/
Central
/ŋa̰j˩˧/
Southern
/ŋaj˧˥/
Listen
to snore
Verb
to snore
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to snore
To snore means to breathe with a hoarse or harsh noise through the nose and mouth while sleeping.
vi Anh ấy thường ngáy rất to mỗi khi ngủ say.
en He often snores very loudly whenever he sleeps deeply.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𠵨
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𠵨
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠵨
Candidates by syllable
ngáy
𠵨（𠿴 / 𥋹 / 𪖺）
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
ngấy / ngây / ngậy / ngầy …
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Similar
ngấy / ngây / ngậy / ngầy …
Use
ngay ngáy / ngứa ngáy / tiếng ngáy / lo ngay ngáy
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Use
ngay ngáy / ngứa ngáy / tiếng ngáy / lo ngay ngáy