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ngăm

Pronunciation Northern /ŋam˧˧/ Central /ŋam˧˥/ Southern /ŋam˧˧/
Listen
to threaten
Verb
to threaten
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Meaning
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
to threaten Properties & StatesTheme

To state an intention to harm someone or to make them feel frightened or intimidated.

vi Anh ấy dùng lời lẽ để ngăm đe đối phương.

en He uses words to threaten his opponent.

Adjective

Sense 2 Adjective
dark-complexioned

Describing skin that has a naturally dark tone or has become tanned from sunlight.

vi Cô ấy có làn da ngăm đen vì đi nắng nhiều.

en She has dark-complexioned skin from spending much time in the sun.

Parts
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
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Candidates by syllable
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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
ngâm / ngắm / ngám / ngấm …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

ngăm ngăm

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