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ngao

Pronunciation Northern /ŋaːw˧˧/ Central /ŋaːw˧˥/ Southern /ŋaːw˧˧/
Listen
to meow
Verb
to meow
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
to meow Core ActionsTheme

The specific sound that a cat makes when it wants attention.

vi Con mèo kêu ngao để đòi ăn.

en The cat meows to ask for food.

Noun

Sense 2 Noun
certain bivalves

A term used to refer to certain types of bivalve mollusks.

vi Mẹ tôi mua một ít ngao về nấu canh.

en My mother bought some clams to cook soup.

Parts
嗷
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嗷
Candidates by syllable
ngao 嗷(獒 / 遨 / 獓 / 𧑃)
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
ngao du / ngao ngán
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Use
nghêu ngao / rơ ngao / rơ ngao krem
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