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ngoa ngoắt

Pronunciation Northern /ŋwaː˧˧ ŋwat˧˥/ Central /ŋwaː˧˥ ŋwak˩˧/ Southern /ŋwaː˧˧ ŋwak˧˥/
shrewish
Adjective
shrewish
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
shrewish Properties & StatesTheme

Behaving in a cross or ill-tempered manner, often used to describe someone who speaks sharply or unkindly.

vi Cô ấy nổi tiếng là người ngoa ngoắt.

en She is known as a shrewish person.

Parts
ngoa / ngoắt / 訛抈
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Components

Components

ngoa ngoắt
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
訛抈
Candidates by syllable
ngoa 訛（𧧀） ngoắt 抈
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
ngoa dụ / ngoa / ngoa ngôn / quay ngoắt
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Starts with this word

ngoa dụ/ngoa/ngoa ngôn

Ends with this word

quay ngoắt

Use
sai ngoa / điêu ngoa / chua ngoa / kiêu ngoa …
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ngoa (untruthful) — words using
ngoắt (turn) — words using
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