ngoan ngạnh
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋwaːn˧˧ ŋa̰ʔjŋ˨˩/
Central
/ŋwaːŋ˧˥ ŋa̰n˨˨/
Southern
/ŋwaːŋ˧˧ ŋan˨˩˨/
Listen
stubborn
Adjective
stubborn
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
stubborn
An adjective used to describe someone who is very stubborn and refuses to change their mind or listen.
vi Đứa trẻ này rất ngoan ngạnh, không chịu nghe lời.
en This child is very stubborn and won't listen.
Parts
ngoan / ngạnh / 頑更
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Parts
ngoan / ngạnh / 頑更
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
頑更
Candidates by syllable
ngoan
頑（𠺿）
ngạnh
更（硬 / 哽 / 骾）
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
ngoan cố / ngoan đạo / ngoan / ngoan ngoãn …
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Similar
ngoan cố / ngoan đạo / ngoan / ngoan ngoãn …
Use
khôn ngoan / gian ngoan
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Use
khôn ngoan / gian ngoan