ngoa ngoắt
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋwaː˧˧ ŋwat˧˥/
Central
/ŋwaː˧˥ ŋwak˩˧/
Southern
/ŋwaː˧˧ ŋwak˧˥/
shrewish
Adjective
shrewish
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
shrewish
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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Parts
ngoa / ngoắt / 訛抈
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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Similar
ngoa dụ / ngoa / ngoa ngôn / quay ngoắt
Use
sai ngoa / điêu ngoa / chua ngoa / kiêu ngoa …
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Use
sai ngoa / điêu ngoa / chua ngoa / kiêu ngoa …