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ngông nghênh

Pronunciation Northern /ŋəwŋ˧˧ ŋəjŋ˧˧/ Central /ŋəwŋ˧˥ ŋen˧˥/ Southern /ŋəwŋ˧˧ ŋəːn˧˧/
arrogant
Adverb
arrogant
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Adverb
arrogant Discourse & LogicTheme

An attitude of being overly proud, showing disrespect to others, and acting in a defiant manner.

vi Anh ta bước vào phòng với vẻ mặt rất ngông nghênh và coi thường người khác.

en He entered the room with a very arrogant expression and disrespected others.

Parts
ngông / nghênh / 顒迎
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
顒迎
Candidates by syllable
ngông (𡿅) nghênh
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
ngông cuồng / ngông có kiểu / ngông / hoan nghênh
Use
lông ngông / chơi ngông / nghênh xuân / nghênh đón …
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