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ngóng

Pronunciation Northern /ŋawŋ˧˥/ Central /ŋa̰wŋ˩˧/ Southern /ŋawŋ˧˥/
Listen
wait impatiently
Verb
wait impatiently
1 senses
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
wait impatiently Core ActionsTheme

To wait for something with a lot of excitement or a feeling of impatience.

vi Tôi đang ngóng tin từ gia đình.

en I am waiting impatiently for news from my family.

Parts
顒
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
顒
Candidates by syllable
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
ngỗng / ngọng / ngông / ngỏng …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

ngóng đợi/ngóng chờ

Use
mong ngóng / lóng ngóng / nghe ngóng / trông ngóng …
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

ngóng trông
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