ngật ngà ngật ngừ
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋə̰ʔt˨˩ ŋa̤ː˨˩ ŋə̰ʔt˨˩ ŋɨ̤˨˩/
Central
/ŋə̰k˨˨ ŋaː˧˧ ŋə̰k˨˨ ŋɨ˧˧/
Southern
/ŋək˨˩˨ ŋaː˨˩ ŋək˨˩˨ ŋɨ˨˩/
stagnant
proverb
stagnant
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Meaning
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proverb
stagnant
To be in a state of inactivity or showing no progress or movement.
vi Tiến độ của dự án cứ ngật ngà ngật ngừ suốt mấy tháng qua mà không có gì mới.
en The project's progress has remained stagnant for the past few months with nothing new.
Parts
ngà / 屹玡屹𣊘
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Parts
ngà / 屹玡屹𣊘
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
屹玡屹𣊘
Candidates by syllable
ngật
屹（𡴯）
ngà
玡（𤘋）
ngật
屹（𡴯）
ngừ
𣊘（𩵿）
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
cá ngừ / ngần ngừ / ngặc ngừ
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Similar
cá ngừ / ngần ngừ / ngặc ngừ
Use
ngà voi / bờ biển ngà / tre là ngà / tát ngà
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Use
ngà voi / bờ biển ngà / tre là ngà / tát ngà