ngượng ngập
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awkward
Adjective
awkward
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
awkward Properties & States
Feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable in social situations, or lacking ease and grace in movement.
vi Anh ấy cảm thấy ngượng ngập khi phải nói trước đám đông.
en He feels awkward when having to speak in front of a crowd.
Parts
ngượng / ngập / 𢗾岌
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Parts
ngượng / ngập / 𢗾岌
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢗾岌
Candidates by syllable
ngượng
𢗾
ngập
岌（汲 / 𠲺 / 𣵵）
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
ngượng nghịu / tréo ngoe / ngượng / ngượng ngùng …
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Similar
ngượng nghịu / tréo ngoe / ngượng / ngượng ngùng …
Use
ngường ngượng / ngập ngụa / ngập ngừng / ngập tràn …
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Use
ngường ngượng / ngập ngụa / ngập ngừng / ngập tràn …