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nghé

Pronunciation Northern /ŋɛ˧˥/ Central /ŋɛ̰˩˧/ Southern /ŋɛ˧˥/
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baby water buffalo
Noun
baby water buffalo
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Meaning
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
baby water buffalo Core ActionsTheme

A term used for a young water buffalo during the early stages of its life.

vi Con nghé con đang gặm cỏ bên cạnh trâu mẹ trên cánh đồng.

en The young water buffalo calf is grazing next to its mother in the field.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
glance sidelong; peek

To look at something from the side or to peek at it secretly.

vi Anh ấy nghé qua cửa sổ để xem mọi người đang làm gì.

en He peeked through the window to see what everyone was doing.

Parts
犠
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
犠
Candidates by syllable
nghé 犠(𤚇 / 𤛞)
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.
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nghê / nghẹ / nghệ / nghể …
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Use
bến nghé / ngấp nghé
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